Whatever it takes
Subtitle: one man's plan to change Harlem and America
By: Paul Tough.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780618569892
Subjects: Canada, Geoffrey; Poverty -- New York (State) -- New York -- Prevention; African American children -- Education -- New York (State) -- New York; African American children -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions; Poor -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions; Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Economic conditions
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The lottery; title: Unequal childhoods; title: Baby college; title: Contamination; title: Battle mode; title: Bad apples; title: Last chance; title: The conveyer belt; title: Escape velocity; title: Graduation; title: What would it take?