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Whatever it takes : one man's plan to change Harlem and America

Author: Paul Tough
Publisher: New York : Houghton Mifflin, 2008.
Edition/Format:  Print book : English
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A portrait of African-American activist Geoffrey Canada describes his radical 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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Named Person: Geoffrey Canada; Geoffrey Canada
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Paul Tough
ISBN: 0618569898 9780618569892
OCLC Number: 1037202302
Description: 296 pages ; 24 cm.
Contents: The lottery --
Unequal childhoods --
Baby college --
Contamination --
Battle mode --
Bad apples --
Last chance --
The conveyer belt --
Escape velocity --
Graduation --
What would it take?
Responsibility: Paul Tough.

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A portrait of African-American activist Geoffrey Canada describes his radical 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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