Geoffrey Canada

I don't think that Geoffrey Canada has found the "ideal intervention" for Harlem kids (he'd be on his way to Oslo to get that Nobel if he'd done that), but I think his model is the way to go.

Geoffrey Canada's innovative strategies for saving thousands of children in the Harlem Children's Zone have garnered praise from Obama, who plans to replicate Canada's successes around the country.

The most innovative policy in Obama's platform is his pledge to replicate the Harlem Children's Zone in 20 cities across the country. What we spend early on in a child's life, we more than get back later.