Huffington Post / September 25, 2012 Beyond Chicago
What has made the Cincinnati model work so well? Steve Means, who attended the Study Tour for the U.S. Department of Education, characterized the initiative as having “restored the social compact,” and indeed Cincinnati has found a formula that weaves together the resources of many community partners – business, public and private agencies, higher education, neighborhood, and faith-based groups – to design interventions and opportunities that work in alignment with principals, teachers, other school staff, and community members to achieve shared goals.
