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The Power of a Promise: Education and Economic Renewal in Kalamazoo
Author(s): Michelle Miller-Adams (Author)
- Publisher: W E Upjohn Inst for
- Publication Date: 9 April 2009
- Language: English
- Print length: 257 pages
- ISBN-10: 0880993391
- ISBN-13: 9780880993395
Book Description
In 2005, a group of anonymous donors said they would send every graduate of the Kalamazoo Public Schools in Michigan to college for free. In this volume, Miller-Adams (political science, Grand Valley State U., and W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research) considers the impact of the Kalamazoo Promise and how it might reverse the decline of the school district and city and serve as a catalyst for economic, educational, and social change. She describes the origins of the Kalamazoo Promise, why it was created, its structure, initial responses to it, the region’s economic and social history, and its relevance as a model for other communities. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
