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Location	Call #	Volume	Status
Sherman Library	LC153.P45 N48 2012		AVAILABLE

Author	Neuman, Susan B.
Title	Giving our children a fighting chance : poverty, literacy, and the development of information capital / Susan B. Neuman, Donna C. Celano.
OCLC	797969776
ISBN	9780807753583 (pbk. : alk. paper)
	0807753580 (pbk. : alk. paper)
	9780807753590 (hardcover : alk. paper)
	0807753599 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Publisher	New York : Teachers College Press, [2012]
	�2012
Description	x, 163 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
LC Subject heading/s	Literacy -- Social aspects -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Case studies.
	Libraries and community -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Case studies.
	Educational equalization -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Case studies.
	Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social conditions -- Case studies.
	Chestnut Hill (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-155) and index.
Contents	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.

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