Results and Indicators for Children: An Analysis to Inform Discussions About Promise Neighborhoods

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This paper, produced by ChildTrends and commissioned by the Promise Neighborhoods Institute at PolicyLink, explores indicators and results to help focus Promise Neighborhood efforts on the healthy development and education of children.

Successful Research Collaborations: Rules of Engagement for Community-based Organizations

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This paper aims to provide guidelines for CBOs, and in particular Promise Neighborhood lead organizations, to consider when working with external evaluators and researchers. At the Harlem Children’s Zone® (HCZ®), we have learned many lessons over more than 30 years of collaborating with researchers. In this paper, we offer our perspective to other CBOs, in an attempt to share the knowledge we have gathered with those newer to the process.

Regional Equity and the Quest for Full Inclusion

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This paper contends that the regional equity framework anchors our collective efforts and provides a platform for societal transformation.
It begins by providing a snapshot of regional equity in 2008, then describes how major national and global forces are creating unique challenges and opportunities for achieving equity.
 
The final section articulates a vision for full inclusion and sustainability and outlines key elements of an agenda for realizing that vision.

Regional Equity and Smart Growth: Opportunities for Advancing Social and Economic Justice in America

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This paper is part of a series sponsored by the Funders’ Network to translate the impact of sprawling development patterns and urban disinvestment on our communities and environment and to highlight the opportunities that could be created by smarter growth policies and practices.

Planning a Promise Neighborhood

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Created by Bridgespan for the Promise Neighborhoods Institute at PolicyLink, this 2010 guide is designed to help you hone your decision-making process so that you can focus on the issues that matter most to your initiative’s success.

Opportunity-Rich Schools and Sustainable Communities

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This document, created by the Urban Institute, explores seven steps to align high-quality education with innovations in city and metropolitan planning and development.

Promise Neighborhoods: A Comprehensive Approach to Expanding Opportunity for All Children

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This is a good example of a fact sheet to include with materials about your Promise Neighborhood to show funders, politicians, and stakeholders.

Know Your Message: A Guide to Media and Communications from the Promise Neighborhoods Institute at PolicyLink

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Download our guide to media and communications, with helpful talking points for talking to funders, the media, residents, and community groups about your Promise Neighborhood effort.

Focusing on Results in Promise Neighborhoods: Recommendations for the Federal Initiative

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Created by the Harlem Children’s Zone, PolicyLink, and the Center for the Study of Social Policy, with contributions by Child Trends, this document was released at the “Changing the Odds” conference in 2009 to advance the discussion about how a focus on results would contribute to the federal initiative.

Culture of Universal Achievement and Success: A White Paper on the Granger Turn Around Model™

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This white paper by Robert Bleisch, M.A., Principal of Castle Park Middle School, explores the Granger Turnaround Model—a school-wide, research-based, data driven Response-to-Intervention model built on four very specific principles of intervention (Timely, Targeted, Directive, and Systematic) and three core systems of academic excellence (Mandatory Attendance System, Mandatory Behavior System, and Mandatory Academic Support System). These three systems of academic excellence are greater than the sum of their parts and together, synergistically, help neutralize many of the poverty related barriers that affect school campuses and prevent academic success.

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