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Giving our children a fighting chance : poverty, literacy, and the development of information capital
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- Creator
- Susan B. Neuman, Donna C. Celano
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- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- New York : Teachers College Press, [2012]
- ©2012
- Physical Details
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- x, 164 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780807753583, 0807753580, 9780807753590, 0807753599
- OCLC
- ocn797969776
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Same city, different paths -- On the streets where they live -- The paradox of the level playing field -- The new work, the new play -- The more, the more (the less, the less) -- The new literacies -- Developing information capital -- Conclusions -- Postscript: breaking out--giving our children a fighting chance
Subjects
- Literacy -- Social aspects -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Case studies.
- Libraries and community -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Case studies.
- Educational equalization -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Case studies.
- Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social conditions -- Case studies.
- Chestnut Hill (Philadelphia, Pa.)