Whatever it takes
Subtitle: Geoffrey Canada's quest to change Harlem and America
By: Paul Tough.
Edition: 1st Mariner Books ed.
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9780547247960
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
Notes: "With a new afterword"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-299) 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 conveyor belt; title: Escape velocity; title: Graduation; title: What would it take?