Hold Fast to Dreams
Subtitle: A College Guidance Counselor, His Students, and the Vision of a Life Beyond Poverty
Publisher: New Press, The; The New Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781595589040
Subjects: Educational counseling; High school students; College choice; Academic achievement; Education, united states
Description: Since Joshua Steckel began work at a Brooklyn public high school as its first-ever college guidance counselor, every one of the hundreds of graduates he has counseled has been accepted to college, many to top-flight schools with all expenses paid. But getting in is only one small part of the drama of his students' stories. In a riveting work of narrative nonfiction-winner of a Studs and Ida Terkel award-Hold Fast to Dreams follows the lives of ten of Josh's students as they navigate the vast and obstacle-ridden landscape of college in America.