Geoffrey Canada has 650 kids in college right now. He founded the Harlem Children's Zone in New York in 1990, leading a bold social experiment using eduation to break the cycle of poverty for poor ...

It is about Geoffrey Canada, who wants to send an entire Harlem generation, the children now in that New York neighborhood's schools plus toddlers and new babies, to college and to lives of ...

Visionary American educator Geoffrey Canada gives the Commencement address, joined by fellow honorands Sen. Susan Collins, art historian Wanda Corn ’62, and Lewiston-born actor Patrick Dempsey.

Addressing Penn’s graduating Class of 2012, founder of Harlem Children’s Zone Geoffrey Canada asked, “Do you care about those who won’t make it without real help?” “You are graduating at a time when ...

News about Geoffrey Canada, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Geoffrey Canada, chief executive of the renowned Harlem Children’s Zone, recently announced that he would be stepping down from the position in June.

The commencement speaker committee’s unquestioning view of Geoffrey Canada is disappointing. While Canada has a sterling reputation, he is not without some serious flaws. Paul Tough’s book Whatever it ...

Forget the excuses for poor schooling; it’s time to apply the lessons we know will benefit our kids, writes Geoffrey Canada.

Eight college-bound Wyandanch Memorial High School graduates are getting scholarships from renowned education reformer and alumnus Geoffrey Canada, who said he wants them to know he cares about ...

Geoffrey Canada announced Monday he will resign as chief executive officer of Harlem Children’s Zone, ending more than two decades as leader of a charter school network and non-profit that ...

Forget the excuses for poor schooling; it’s time to apply the lessons we know will benefit our kids, writes Geoffrey Canada.