Opportunity and hope : transforming children's lives through scholarships /

In Opportunity and Hope, prominent journalist Naomi Schaefer Riley chronicles the lives of 10 representative stories of how Children's Scholarship Fund alumni who-because of the educational opportunities afforded them-were able to turn less than perfect childhood circumstances into successful l...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Riley, Naomi Schaefer
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman and Littlefield, [2014]
Temas:
Children's Scholarship Fund.
Children with social disabilities > Scholarships, fellowships, etc. > United States > Case studies.
Children with social disabilities > Education > United States > Case studies.
Private schools > Economic aspects > United States > Case studies.
Social mobility > United States > Case studies.
Enfants socialement défavorisés > Bourses d'études > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Enfants socialement défavorisés > Éducation > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Écoles privées > Aspect économique > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Mobilité sociale > États-Unis > Études de cas.
EDUCATION > Administration > General.
EDUCATION > Organizations & Institutions.
Children with social disabilities > Education
Social mobility
United States
Case studies
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "No one ever told me I was dreaming too big"
  • A family finds refuge
  • Called to dance
  • What would you do if you couldn't fail?
  • A place of peace amidst a world of violence
  • "Little house on the prairie"
  • Sizing up the competition, and then winning it
  • The burdens of adulthood, placed on a child
  • Food for the spirit and the mind
  • Breaking the cycle of stuckness.

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