Sentences with phrase «ambitious social experiments»
In the late 1990s, education - reform advocate Geoffrey Canada began an ambitious social experiment, pledging to do whatever it took to improve the lives of New York City's poor children.
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Harlem Children's Zone (HCZ), an ambitious social experiment, combines community programs with charter schools.
A sober look at an oft - sensationalized period of American history, this thoroughly researched, highly readable book traces the roots of the Eighteenth Amendment, «the most radical and ambitious social experiment ever tried.»
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They started out as just one part of China's ambitious and controversial social experiment to modernize the country by reducing the population.
Two big cities, Chicago and New York City, undertook ambitious experiments in ending social promotion.
Called «one of the most ambitious social - service experiments of our time,» by The New York Times, the Harlem Children's Zone Project is a unique, holistic approach to rebuilding a community so that its children can stay on track through college and go on to the job market.