Giving Our Children a Fighting Chance: Poverty, Literacy, and the Development of Information Capital
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This is a compelling, eye-opening portrait of two communities in Philadelphia with drastically different economic resources. Over the course of their 10-year investigation, the authors of this important new work came to understand that this disparity between affluence and poverty has created a knowledge gap--far more important than mere achievement scores--with serious implications for students' economic prosperity and social mobility. At the heart...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0807753580
ISBN13:9780807753583
Release Date:August 2012
Publisher:Teachers College Press
Length:176 Pages
Weight:0.61 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.1" x 8.9"
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