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Opportunity and hope : transforming children's lives through scholarships / Naomi Schaefer Riley.
Van Pelt Library LC243.C47 R55 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Riley, Naomi Schaefer, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Children's Scholarship Fund.
- Children with social disabilities--Scholarships, fellowships, etc--United States--Case studies.
- Children with social disabilities.
- Children with social disabilities--Education--United States--Case studies.
- Private schools--Economic aspects--United States--Case studies.
- Private schools.
- Social mobility--United States--Case studies.
- Social mobility.
- Children with social disabilities--Education.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 137 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2014]
- Contents:
- "No one ever told me I was dreaming too big"
- A family finds refuge
- Called to dance
- What would you do if you couldn't fail?
- A place of peace amidst a world of violence
- "Little house on the prairie"
- Sizing up the competition, and then winning it
- The burdens of adulthood, placed on a child
- Food for the spirit and the mind
- Breaking the cycle of stuckness.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781442226098
- 1442226099
- OCLC:
- 880520940
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