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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Riley, Naomi Schaefer, author.     Subjects     Children's Scholarship Fund.     Children with social disabilities -- Scholarships, fellowships, etc. -- United States -- Case studies.     Children with social disabilities -- Education -- United States -- Case studies.     Private schools -- Economic aspects -- United States -- Case studies.     Social mobility -- United States -- Case studies.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Riley, Naomi Schaefer, author.       by title:      Opportunity and hope...         MARC Display

Opportunity and hope : transforming children's lives through scholarships / Naomi Schaefer Riley. by Riley, Naomi Schaefer, author. Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, c2014. Subjects Children's Scholarship Fund.   Children with social disabilities -- Scholarships, fellowships, etc. -- United States -- Case studies.   Children with social disabilities -- Education -- United States -- Case studies.   Private schools -- Economic aspects -- United States -- Case studies.   Social mobility -- United States -- Case studies. ISBN:  9781442226098 (cloth : alk. paper) 1442226099 (cloth : alk. paper) Description:  xv, 137 pages ; 24 cm 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. Requests:  0 Summary:  The U.S. education system is not meeting the needs of all our children, especially those who are economically disadvantaged. For too many families, income level and ZIP code determine the quality of education available to their children. The need to give all children access to a good education, a chance for a better future, has never been greater. Launched in 1998 by philanthropists Ted Forstmann and John Walton, the Children's Scholarship Fund has offered thousands of low-income children across the country the chance to attend private school, children who would have otherwise never experienced the benefits of a private education. In Opportunity and Hope, prominent journalist Naomi Schaefer Riley chronicles the lives of 10 scholarship alumni who - because of the educational opportunities afforded them - were able to turn less than perfect childhood circumstances into successful lives and careers. The stories of these children, representative of thousands of others and their families, are nothing less than inspirational. They are proof that all any of America's children need to achieve their dreams is a chance, and someone to believe in them. They are also a testament to the power of private schools, including many inner-city faith-based schools, and they are evidence that given the chance for the right kind of education, anyone can achieve the American dream.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 371.223 Ri Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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