Tough, Paul
Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America
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- ISBN 13:
- 9780547247960
- author:
- Tough, Paul
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Mariner Books
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2009
- Pages:
- 336
- Dimensions:
- 20.1 x 13.2 x 1.5 cm
- Genre:
- Educational Policy & Reform / General Social Science Textbook
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 7 working days
Description
What would it take to change the lives of poor children? For Geoffrey Canada, the answer was clear: everything. His quest to create a better future for these young people led him to develop innovative ideas about poverty in America and test them in a groundbreaking social experiment.
The Harlem Children's Zone is a ninety-seven-block laboratory in central Harlem where Canada is pushing the boundaries of what is possible. Carefully researched and deeply affecting, this book is an inspired portrait of Canada and the parents and children who are struggling to better their lives, often against great odds.
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