a program in kalamazoo, michigan that allows the students to attend college for free. , thiswashington journal" is 40 minutes. ke, a reporter for "christian science monitor." he's joining us from boston. he's here to talk about a piece he wrote for "christian science monitor magazine" on the impact of free college in urban areas. simon montlake, thank you so much for joining us this morning. simon: good morning. host: the story that your run was about something called the kalamazoo promise. what is that? promise iskalamazoo a privately funded scholarship in the city of kalamazoo michigan, southwest michigan. what the promise does is it provides in state college tuition for any student who goes through the kalamazoo public school system and graduates from high school. what that means is that every year there are hundreds of children who can apply to college in state and know that there tuition -- their tuition will be covered. is ahe idea -- again, this private, not public money, this is a group of very wealthy followed up his -- philanthropists in kalamazoo. . toy decided that the way revive t

a program in kalamazoo, michigan that allows the students to attend college for free. , thiswashington journal 40 minutes. ke, a reporter for "christian science monitor." he's joining us from boston. he's here to talk about a piece he wrote for "christian science monitor magazine" on the impact of free college in urban areas. simon montlake, thank you so much forni