
Whatever It Takes
Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America
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Ax Norman
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Paul Tough
What would it take? That was the question that Geoffrey Canada found himself asking. What would it take to change the lives of poor children, not one by one, through heroic interventions and occasional miracles, but in big numbers, and in a way that could be replicated nationwide?
The question led him to create the Harlem Children's Zone, a 97-block laboratory in central Harlem where he is testing new and sometimes controversial ideas about poverty in America. His conclusion: if you want poor kids to be able to compete with their middle-class peers, you need to change everything in their livestheir schools, their neighborhoods, even the child-rearing practices of their parents.
Whatever It Takes is a tour de force of reporting, an inspired portrait not only of Geoffrey Canada but of the parents and children in Harlem who are struggling to better their lives, often against great odds. Carefully researched and deeply affecting, this is a dispatch from inside the most daring and potentially transformative social experiment of our time.
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Detailed research presented well.
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Balanced insight into the Harlem Children's Zone
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GREAT for forming strategies to improve education
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What was the most compelling aspect of this narrative?
I was interested in issues around poverty and education. I also wanted to know more about the Harlem's Children's Zone. I am glad I listened to this book. I have found myself referencing the ideas in the books and the story has stayed with me. Good read!Thought provoking and interesting
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Aboslutely terrific!
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An absolute pleasure to listen to!
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I prefer Thomas Sowell's Charter Schools and their Enemies- lots of statistical data.
Inspiring story poor narration
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