Schools central to Promise Zone anti-poverty strategy is a good overview written up at Ed Source.

It also reflects the questions I have about how seriously the role of parent – and community — engagement has played — both at the original Harlem Children’s Zone and in the expansion program. As I’ve written before (you can see those posts in My Best Posts On The Harlem Children’s Zone & Other “Promise Zones”) they seem to often view families as “clients,” and not “partners.”