Neuman, Susan B.

Giving our children a fighting chance : poverty, literacy, and the development of information capital / Susan B. Neuman and Donna C. Celano. - New York : Teachers College Press, c2012. - x, 164 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 -- Afterword: breaking out?.

9780807753583 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780807753590 (hardcover : alk. paper)

2012020743


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.)

LC153.P45 / N48 2012

302.2/2440974811