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Whatever it takes : Geoffrey Canada's quest to change Harlem and America
Format:
Book
Title:
Whatever it takes : Geoffrey Canada's quest to change Harlem and America
Author:
ISBN:
9780618569892
Publication:
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., [2008]
Physical Description:
296 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Contents:
The lottery -- Unequal childhoods -- Baby college -- Contamination -- Battle mode -- Bad apples -- Last chance -- The conveyor belt -- Escape velocity -- Graduation -- What would it take?
Summary:
An intriguing portrait of African-American activist Geoffrey Canada, creator of the Harlem Children's Zone, describes his radical new approach to eliminating inner-city poverty, one that proposes to transform the lives of poor children by changing their schools, their families, and their neighborhoods at the same time.
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