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Giving Our Children a Fighting Chance
Neuman, Susan; Celano, Donna C.
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Description for Giving Our Children a Fighting Chance
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: CFC; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 259.
This is a compelling, eye-opening portrait of two communities in Philadelphia with drastically different economic resources. Over the course of their 10-year investigation, the authors of this important new work came to understand that this disparity between affluence and poverty has created a knowledge gap—far more important than mere achievement scores—with serious implications for students’ economic prosperity and social mobility. At the heart of this knowledge gap is the limited ability of students from poor communities to develop information capital.
This moving book takes you into the communities in question to meet the students and their families, and by ... Read more
This is a compelling, eye-opening portrait of two communities in Philadelphia with drastically different economic resources. Over the course of their 10-year investigation, the authors of this important new work came to understand that this disparity between affluence and poverty has created a knowledge gap—far more important than mere achievement scores—with serious implications for students’ economic prosperity and social mobility. At the heart of this knowledge gap is the limited ability of students from poor communities to develop information capital.
This moving book takes you into the communities in question to meet the students and their families, and by ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Teachers' College Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780807753583
SKU
V9780807753583
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