Giving Our Children a Fighting Chance Poverty, Literacy and the Development of Information Capital

Name: Giving Our Children a Fighting Chance Poverty, Literacy and the Development of Information Capital
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ISBN: 9780807753583

ISBN-10: 0807753580

ISBN-13: 9780807753583

Edition: 2012

Authors: Susan B. Neuman, Donna C. Celano, Michelle Fine

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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…

Book details

List price: $32.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Publication date: 8/24/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.550



Acknowledgments


Introduction: The Ecology of Inequality


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


Appendix


References


Index


About the Authors