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Whatever it takes : Geoffrey Canada's quest to change Harlem and America /

Tough, Paul.

Whatever it takes : Geoffrey Canada's quest to change Harlem and America / Paul Tough. - Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2008. - 296 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [276]-285) and index.

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

9780618569892 0618569898

2008013303


Canada, Geoffrey.


Poverty--Prevention.--New York (State)--New York
African American children--Education--New York (State)--New York.
African American children--Social conditions.--New York (State)--New York
Poor--Social conditions.--New York (State)--New York


Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Economic conditions.

HC79.P63 / T68 2008

362.74/8097471

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