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Dear Readers:

Question: What is the future of urban education? With racism, poverty, massive violence, dysfunctional families, drugs, and all the other social problems in our communities, is it hopeless? Possibly, but a vision is being proposed for a better future. It’s called..

 the Tolton Bank© 

named after Father Augustus Tolton, the first African-American priest of the United States.

Just imagine: An urban school as a fully integrated unit in a for-profit bank. What on earth is that about?……and Why? What would a curriculum look like in such a radical new structure?

The Tolton Bank synopsis

On Curriculum 1