Whatever it takes
Subtitle: Geoffrey Canada's quest to change Harlem and America
By: Paul Tough
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780618569892
Subjects: Poor; Poverty; Prevention; Social conditions; Economic conditions; Education; African American children
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 (p. [276]-285) 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?