Bibliograph

Hope against hope, three schools, one city, and the struggle to educate America's children, Sarah Carr

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Hope against hope, three schools, one city, and the struggle to educate America's children, Sarah Carr

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Hope against hope

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

772106476

Responsibility statement

Sarah Carr

Sub title

three schools, one city, and the struggle to educate America's children

Summary

Follows three people--a 14-year-old displaced by Hurricane Katrina, a Harvard graduate who arrives in New Orleans to teach at an ambitious charter school, and a vetern educator who becomes principal at one of the first public high schools to reopen after Katrina--to tell the human stories behind education reform in America, capturing the challenges of growing up and learning in a troubled world

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