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Reports

Reports

Promise Neighborhoods Needs Assessment Guide: Methods and data sources for a comprehensive community needs assessment. (January 5, 2011)

What It Took: Lessons learned from the first cohort of Promise Neighborhoods planning grant applications. (December 8, 2010)

Tipping Neighborhoods to Success: An introduction to Promise Neighborhoods (May 31, 2009)


Selected Building Neighborhoods Stories

View From the Inside: The Promise Neighborhoods Peer Review Process (October 18, 2010)

The Planners: Evaluating the Department of Education (July 28, 2010)

The Planners: Money and Politics Went Hand in Hand (August 6, 2010)

The Planners: Different Worlds and Different Views on School Reform (August 9, 2010)

Rise of the Reformers: The Racers (June 10, 2010)


Interviews

Next Steps for Promise Neighborhoods: An Interview with Jim Shelton (February 14, 2011)

Bridging Silos in Philanthropy: An Interview with Annie E. Casey’s Ralph Smith (August 30, 2010)

Interview with DOE’s Jim Shelton (May 2, 2010)


Profiles

Purpose Built Communities Combines Community Revitalization, Cradle-to-College Pipeline, and Accountability (May 18, 2011)

With Vision and Determination, YPI’s L.A. Promise Neighborhood Charts Its Own Path (November 30, 2010)