“Our own research team partnered up with City Hall and CPS to raise $1 million from local philanthropy to pilot a program called Becoming a Man (BAM) created by the local nonprofit Youth Guidance. This project showed that BAM reduced violent crimes among participants by 50% and generated $5 to $30 in social benefits for every dollar spent.” [. . .]
“The only way to ensure that every child, no matter their background or academic level, is really able to fully benefit from classroom instruction is to build a system that catches students back up to grade level whenever they fall behind. We’ve been trying to test and build that sort of academic safety-net system using bursts of intensive tutoring in partnership with CPS and nonprofit Saga Education.”