Giving Our Children a Fighting Chance: Poverty, Literacy and the Development of Information Capital - Susan B. Neuman - Books - Teachers' College Press - 9780807753583 - August 24, 2012
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Susan B. Neuman
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 gapfar more important than mere achievement scoreswith serious implications for students economic prosperity and social mobility. At the heart of this knowledge gap is the limited ability of students from poor communities to develop information capital. This moving book takes you into the communities in question to meet the students and their families, and by doing so provides powerful insights into the role that literacy can play in giving low-income students a fighting chance.

176 pages, illustrations

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released August 24, 2012
ISBN13 9780807753583
Publishers Teachers' College Press
Pages 176
Dimensions 154 × 226 × 12 mm   ·   254 g

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