Tribute to Geoffrey Canada

Promise Academy

Geoffrey Canada (through mostly private funding), has made possible excellent education for children in low-income neighborhoods who wouldn't normally receive it. It all takes place in Harlem's asylum "The Children Zone." In almost two years, Canada has dismantled the misconception that a child's culture, parents' lack of education, gang affiliation, etc. affects a child's education. We mustn't make these kinds of excuses in the face of our nation's failing public education system; instead, we need to embrace the innovation of people like Geoffrey Canada and Davis Guggenheim (who brings awareness to the problems in the system through his documentary film Waiting for Superman).