Hold fast to dreams : a college guidance counselor, his students, and the vision of a life beyond poverty /

Since Joshua Steckel began work at a Brooklyn public high school as its first-ever college guidance counselor, every one of the hundreds of graduates he has counseled has been accepted to college, many to top-flight schools with all expenses paid. But getting in is only one small part of the drama o...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Zasloff, Beth (Autor), Steckel, Joshua (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, [2014]
Temas:
Educational counseling > New York (State) > New York > Case studies.
High school students > New York (State) > New York > Interviews.
Student aspirations > New York (State) > New York > Case studies.
Minority students > Counseling of > United States.
College choice > United States.
Academic achievement > United States.
Élèves du secondaire > New York (État) > New York > Entretiens.
Universités > Choix > États-Unis.
EDUCATION > Administration > General.
EDUCATION > Organizations & Institutions.
Academic achievement
College choice
Educational counseling
High school students
Minority students > Counseling of
Student aspirations
New York (State) > New York
United States
interviews.
Case studies
Interviews
Interviews.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Riding backwards : Nkese and Dwight
  • With whom do you make your permanent home? Mike and Abby
  • Take the Brooklyn out of you : Nkese and Dwight
  • Someone to step up and pave the way : Ashley
  • Away from the madness : Mike and Abby
  • Do you know what it's like to live my life? Kennetta, Angie and Rafael
  • The best fit : Ashley
  • Forward movement : Nkese and Dwight
  • Room to grow : Mike and Abby
  • Undocumented American dream : Aicha and Santiago
  • Let's change lives : Kennetta, Angie and Rafael
  • The will to aspire : Aicha and Santiago.

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