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BL
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951962
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b706332
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| Main Entry
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Sentilles, Sarah.
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| Title & Author
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Taught by America : : a story of struggle and hope in Compton /\ Sarah Sentilles.
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| Publication Statement
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Boston, Mass. :: Beacon Press,, ©2005.
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xix, 196 pages ;; 23 cm
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| ISBN
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0807032727
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: 0807032735
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: 9780807032725
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: 9780807032732
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Includes bibliographical references.
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| Contents
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What I did not know -- In my classroom -- A different violence -- What we need -- A kind of belonging.
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| Abstract
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"After graduating from Yale with a degree in literature, Sarah Sentilles, a Spanish-speaking twenty-two-year-old with almost no teaching experience, joined Teach for America and was assigned to a rundown elementary school in Compton, California - one of the toughest cities in America. In charge of thirty-six first graders in a classroom without books, Sentilles experienced her own kind of education. Taught by America is the story of the children Sentilles taught - but more than that, it's the story of one woman's change of heart and life."
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"Through portraits of the children in her classroom, Sentilles relates a heartbreaking journey, as she learns about a failing school system, the true meaning of poverty in America, and the strength children exhibit when they're just struggling to survive." "Sentilles originally went into Teach for America as a break between undergraduate and graduate school. She fully expected to go back to school for her doctorate in comparative literature after a two-year teaching stint. But teaching the children in Compton changed her utterly, and she decided during her tenure to study for the ministry instead."--Jacket.
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Teach for America (Project)
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Teach for America (Project)
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Children of minorities-- Education (Elementary)-- California-- Compton, Case studies.
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Elementary school teachers-- United States, Biography.
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Poor children-- Education (Elementary)-- California-- Compton, Case studies.
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Children of minorities-- Education (Elementary)
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Elementary school teachers.
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Poor children-- Education (Elementary)
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California, Compton.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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372/.9794/94
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| LC Classification
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LC4093.S46 2005
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