This Week In Education: Media: Sentimental Treatment For A Chicago Violence Prevention Program

This Week In Education: Media: Sentimental Treatment For A Chicago Violence Prevention Program

Media: Sentimental Treatment For A Chicago Violence Prevention Program

by Alexander Russo

There was a long and (to me, at least) extremely naive and sentimental article in the New York Times last week (Graduation Is the Goal, Staying Alive the Prize). But maybe I'm just in a bad mood or something. The article (complete with slide show) emphasizes how dangerous it is to be a teen in Chicago (big surprise) and touts the newish Board of Education program to give particularly at risk kids individualized counseling and support in and out of school. Good enough. But it doesn't question the delays, costs, and rollout of the Huberman program, the questionable statistical analysis behind identifying the kids, and it seems to consider it something of a miracle that