What’s the Deal with the Abbott Tutoring Center?

It is no secret that many students in America’s schools test consistently below grade level. When this failure to succeed in school is combined with the broken families, drug availability, and gang presence that are ever present in our nation’s urban culture, it is not hard to understand why many children are making decisions that will ultimately handicap them the rest of their life.

Situated in Highlandtown, Abbott Memorial Presbyterian Church is no stranger to the issues that confront the population in the area. Programs such as We Care have flourished for decades as a result of its members’ …