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 * Mover Name:** Geoffrey Canada

Holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Bowdoin College and a Master's Degree in Education from the Harvard graduate school of education. Before founding the Harlem Children's Zone, he served as Director of the Robert White School, a private day school for troubled youth in Boston.
 * Basic Work:**
 * Key Work:** Formed a sixty block- square Harlem Children's Zone which is a program that helps more than 9,000 children, includes after school activities such as tutoring,chess, music. The program also has family support services like housing and legal advocacy and child rearing classes. Since 2004, the Zone has also formed the Promise Academy, which is a K-12 a K–12 school with school days that are an hour longer and a school year that’s a month and a half longer than the city’s public schools.


 * Key Personnel:** CEO of Harlem Children's Zone, Founder of Promise Academy Charter School, and the co-chair of Mayor's Special Commission on Poverty.


 * Why/ How a Mover:** This man has produced remarkable results in educating and helping young African American children succeed. He has influenced the security of many African American children's futures. For example,In September 2004, only 11 percent of the kindergarten kids tested above grade level. By June 2005, that number had risen to 80 percent. This is proof that this man is a true mover in education.


 * Links:** http://nymag.com/news/features/influentials/16924/

http://www.hcz.org/about/canada.html