The road out : a teacher's odyssey in poor America /

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Can one teacher truly make a difference in her students' lives when everything is working against them? Can a love for literature and learning save the most vulnerable of youth from a life of poverty? The Road Out is a gripping account of one teacher's journey of hope and discovery with he...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hicks, Deborah
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2013.
Series:Simpson, imprint in humanities.
Subjects:
Hicks, Deborah > Anecdotes.
Hicks, Deborah
Poor girls > Education > Ohio > Cincinnati.
Poor white people > Education > Ohio > Cincinnati.
Poor girls > Books and reading > Ohio > Cincinnati.
Poor girls > Ohio > Cincinnati > Anecdotes.
Filles pauvres > Éducation > Ohio > Cincinnati.
Pauvres Blancs > Éducation > Ohio > Cincinnati.
Filles pauvres > Livres et lecture > Ohio > Cincinnati.
Filles pauvres > Ohio > Cincinnati > Anecdotes.
EDUCATION > Students & Student Life.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gender Studies.
Poor girls
Ohio > Cincinnati
Anecdotes
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Can one teacher truly make a difference in her students' lives when everything is working against them? Can a love for literature and learning save the most vulnerable of youth from a life of poverty? The Road Out is a gripping account of one teacher's journey of hope and discovery with her students-girls growing up poor in a neighborhood that was once home to white Appalachian workers, and is now a ghetto. Deborah Hicks, set out to give one group of girls something she never had: a first-rate education, and a chance to live their dreams. A contemporary tragedy is brought to life as she.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 278 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:1283937778
9781283937771
0520953711
9780520953710

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