Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America

Title: Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America Author: Tough, Paul ISBN: 9780618569892 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Published: 2008 Binding: Hardcover Language: English Condition: Used: Very Good Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders. Social Science 1512056 Publisher Description: 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 ninety-seven-block laboratory in central Harlem where he is testing new and sometimes cont