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Author Kenny, Deborah.

Title Born to rise : a story of children and teachers reaching their highest potential / Deborah Kenny.

Publication Info. New York : Harper, [2012]
©2012

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Location Call No. Status
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  BIOG. KENNY, D.    Storage
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  378.12 KEN    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  371.01 KEN    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 243 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Summary After her husband's death, the author, devoting herself to radically reinventing public education, recounts the journey that led her to risk her life savings to open schools in Harlem while proving that even children living in poverty could learn at a high level.
Subject Kenny, Deborah.
Harlem Village Academies (New York, N. Y.)
Educators -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
Public schools -- New York (State) -- New York.
Poor children -- Education -- New York (State) -- New York.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Social conditions.
ISBN 9780062106209 hardback
0062106201 hardback
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