Opportunity and Hope
Subtitle: Transforming Children's Lives through Scholarships
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 157
ISBN-13: 9781442226104; 9781442226098
Subjects: Education; Social mobility; Administration; General; Private schools; Children with social disabilities; Case studies; EDUCATION; Children's Scholarship Fund; Scholarships, fellowships; Organizations & Institutions
Description: In Opportunity and Hope, prominent journalist Naomi Schaefer Riley chronicles the lives of 10 representative stories of how Children's Scholarship Fund alumni who-because of the educational opportunities afforded them-were able to turn less than perfect childhood circumstances into successful lives and careers. The stories of these children, now grown, and their families are nothing less than inspirational. They are proof that all any of America's children need to achieve their dreams is a chance, and someone to believe in them. They are also a testament to the power of private schools, includ.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Table of contents: title: "No one ever told me I was dreaming too big"; title: A family finds refuge; title: Called to dance; title: What would you do if you couldn't fail?; title: A place of peace amidst a world of violence; title: "Little house on the prairie"; title: Sizing up the competition, and then winning it; title: The burdens of adulthood, placed on a child; title: Food for the spirit and the mind; title: Breaking the cycle of stuckness.