Book cover for Lives on the boundary : a moving account of the struggles and achievements of America's educational underclass

Lives on the boundary : a moving account of the struggles and achievements of America's educational underclass

Publisher: Penguin Books
ISBN13: 9780140124033
Format: Classic Audio
Description
Remedial, illiterate, intellectually deficient-these are the stigmas that define America's educational underclass. As a child in a Los Angeles ghetto, Mike Rose shared these labels; today he works with educationally underprepared children and adults in order to give them a fair chance at learning. In Lives on the Boundary, Rose describes his innovative methods of awakening untapped potential and initiating "problem" students into the world of language, literature, and expression. Challenging educators, policymakers, and parents to re-examine their assumptions about the capacities of students, Rose offers a truly democratic vision, one that should be heeded by anyone concerned with America's future. "A mirror to the many lacking perfect grammar and spelling who may see their dreams translated into reality after all" Book jacket.
Publisher Penguin Books
ISBN10 0140124039
ISBN13 9780140124033
Number of Pages
File Size DL-147MB
Shelf Number DV785
Grade Range
Ages 20 - 99
Format Audio Plus Download, EPub Download