The Harlem Miracle
Published: May 7, 2009, The New York Times
The fight against poverty produces great programs but disappointing results. You go visit an inner-city school, job-training program or community youth center and you meet incredible people doing wonderful things. Then you look at the results from the serious evaluations and you find that these inspiring places are only producing incremental gains.
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A version of this article appeared in print on May 8, 2009, on page A31 of the New York edition