This Week In Education: Reform: Debunking The HCZ "Conveyor Belt"

This Week In Education: Reform: Debunking The HCZ "Conveyor Belt"

Reform: Debunking The HCZ "Conveyor Belt"

by Alexander Russo

First, check out contributor John Thompson's defense of the Zone (below). Then check out my commentary on the issue at Valerie Strauss's Answer Sheet. One of the biggest myths surrounding the Harlem Children's Zone is that the kids who get early childhood and after school services are the same ones who go to Zone middle schools later on -- that there's a conveyor belt of services that individuals can receive