Hope against hope : three schools, one city, and the struggle to educate America's children
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Author
Published
New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2013.
Format
Book
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
ix, 316 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Status
Waterloo Public Library - Adult Nonfiction
371.9 CAR
1 available
371.9 CAR
1 available
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Published
New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2013.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"Geraldlynn is a lively, astute 14-year-old. Her family, displaced by Hurricane Katrina, returns home to find a radically altered public education system. Geraldlynns parents hope their daughter's new school will prepare her college-but the teenager has ideals and ambitions of her own. Aidan is a fresh-faced Harvard grad drawn to New Orleans by the possibility of bringing change to a flood-ravaged city. He teaches at an ambitious charter school with a group of newcomers determined to show the world they can use science, data, and hard work to build a model school. Mary Laurie is a veteran educator who becomes principal of one of the first public high schools to reopen after Katrina. Laurie and her staff find they must fight each day not only to educate the city's teenagers, but to keep the Walker community safe and whole. In this powerful narrative non-fiction debut, the lives of these three characters provide readers with a vivid and sobering portrait of education in twenty-first-century America. Hope Against Hope works in the same tradition as Random Family and There Are No Children Here to capture the challenges of growing up and learning in a troubled world"--,Provided by publisher.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
WPL: Gift of the Pauline Camarata Estate.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
WPL: Gift of the Pauline Camarata Estate.
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B&T Diversity Analysis 2022 : BISAC.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Carr, S. (2013). Hope against hope: three schools, one city, and the struggle to educate America's children (First U.S. edition.). Bloomsbury Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Carr, Sarah. 2013. Hope against Hope: Three Schools, One City, and the Struggle to Educate America's Children. Bloomsbury Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Carr, Sarah. Hope against Hope: Three Schools, One City, and the Struggle to Educate America's Children Bloomsbury Press, 2013.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Carr, Sarah. Hope against Hope: Three Schools, One City, and the Struggle to Educate America's Children First U.S. edition., Bloomsbury Press, 2013.
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