New Jersey To Implement Comer Program in Urban Districts
The New Jersey education department has announced plans to administer the school-improvement model developed by the child psychiatrist James P. Comer of Yale University in dozens of urban schools throughout the state.
Dr. Comer's model, which is widely respected for its comprehensive approach to improving learning and the climate of inner-city schools, focuses on the emotional, social, and psychological needs of children.
"It is time to stop studying the problem of urban education and start solving it," Commissioner of Education John Ellis said this month in unveiling the initiative, which calls for implementing the Comer model in up to 36...
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