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"Canada's goal is to counter the downward pull of the streets — not by mimicking educationally opportunistic white middle-class culture but by 'poaching an idea or two ... like adapting a recipe from a foreign cuisine' and blending it with the community's own values and beliefs. Paul Tough's Whatever It Takes brings you inside the Promise Academy and into the mind of a visionary who has known failure (his school continues to struggle), yet has the nerve to keep the future squarely in view." — O: The Oprah Magazine, September 2008

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Two expecting mothers attending Baby College, the Harlem Children’s Zone parenting-skills program, where parents and parents-to-be learn strategies for discipline, safety, and brain development.