"Fourteen years after she was filmed for PEOPLE LIKE US, Tammy Crabtree and her sons talk about how their lives have changed. This is an excerpt from the Center for New American Media's work-in-progress MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED, which will follow up on some of the characters and themes of the original film."
"To work with the students directly, we rely on the energy and dedication of our corps members-a diverse group of educated, young adults who serve full-time for 10 months in City Year's partner schools to provide extra support for students, teachers, and the school. "
My son, Derek, did a year of service work with City Year after he graduated and then some additional work with Freedom Schools program - both out of Columbus. Now he continues to help inner city youth. He loves the kids.....he is working with 3rd graders and they call him Mr. Derek!
"2015 - Low income students are now a majority of the schoolchildren attending the nation's public schools, according to this research bulletin. The latest data collected from the states by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), show that 51 percent of the students across the nation's public schools were low income in 2013."