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An edition of Whatever it takes: Geoffrey Canada's quest to change Harlem and America (2008)

Whatever it takes

one man's plan to change Harlem and America

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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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Houghton Mifflin Company
Language
English
Pages
296

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Subjects
Social conditions, African American children, Poor, Poverty, Prevention, Economic conditions, Education, African american children, Poor, new york (state), new york, Harlem (new york, n.y.), social conditions, African americans, education, Education, united states, New york (n.y.), economic conditions
People
Geoffrey Canada
Places
New York (State), New York, Harlem (New York, N.Y.)

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Table of Contents

The lottery
Unequal childhoods
Baby college
Contamination
Battle mode
Bad apples
Last chance
The conveyer belt
Escape velocity
Graduation
What would it take?

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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New York, NY

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Dewey Decimal Class
362.74/8097471
Library of Congress
HC79.P63 T68 2008, HC79.P63T68 2008

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Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
296

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OL16773876M
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whateverittakesg00toug
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0618569898
ISBN 13
9780618569892
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2008013303
OCLC/WorldCat
224441216
Library Thing
5654529
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3245249

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