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whatever it takes geoffrey canadas quest to change harlem and america
what would it take br that was the question that geoffrey canada found himself asking . what would it take to change the lives of poor children not one by one through heroic interventions and occasional miracles but in big numbers and in a way that could be replicated nationwide the question led him to create the harlem childrens zone a ninety seven block laboratory in central harlem where he is testing new and sometimes controversial ideas about poverty in america . his conclusion if you want poor kids to be able to compete with their middle class peers you need to change everything in their lives their schools their neighborhoods even the child rearing practices of their parents . br whatever it takes is a tour de force of reporting an inspired portrait not only of geoffrey canada but also of the parents and children in harlem who are struggling to better their lives often against great odds . carefully researched and deeply affecting this is a dispatch from inside the most daring and potentially transformative social experiment of our time .
hardcover houghton mifflin 2008 isbn13 9780618569892 isbn10 0618569898
book type nf isbn 13 9780618569892 number of pages 296 publisher houghton mifflin harcourt hmh release date 62135769600000