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Giving Our Children a Fighting Chance


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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 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.

Important reading for a wide audience of educators, policymakers, school reformers, and community activists, Giving Our Children a Fighting Chance:

  • Documents how inequalities begin early and are reinforced by geographic concentration.
  • Compares community libraries to see how print is used in each neighborhood and how children develop as young readers.
  • Looks at patterns that create radical differences in experiences and attitudes toward learning prior to entering school.
  • Explores the function of technology as a tool that exacerbates the divide between affluent students and those with limited access to information.
  • Provides a comprehensive analysis of community literacy, documenting the transformation of media habits from books to computers.
  • Concludes with a look inside schools to answer questions about what schools can do to overcome this complex, unequal playing field.

About the Author:

Susan B. Neuman is a professor of Educational Studies at the University of Michigan, and has served as the U.S. Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education. Her books include Changing the Odds for Children at Risk. Visit Professor Neuman's blog at: givingpoorkidsafightingchance.blogspot.com. Donna C. Celano is assistant professor of Communication at La Salle University in Philadelphia.



Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780807753590
  • Publisher: Teachers College Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Teachers College Press
  • Height: 231 mm
  • No of Pages: 176
  • Series Title: English
  • Sub Title: Poverty, Literacy, and the Development of Information Capital
  • Width: 157 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0807753599
  • Publisher Date: 24 Aug 2012
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 15 mm
  • Weight: 412 gr


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