{"product_id":"you-cant-be-what-you-milbrey-w-mclaughlin-9781682531525","title":"You Can't Be What You Can't See: The Power of Opportunity to Change Young Lives","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou Can't Be What You Can't See \u003c\/i\u003epresents a rare longitudinal account of the benefits of a high-quality, out-of-school program on the life trajectories of hundreds of poor, African American youth who grew up in Chicago's notorious Cabrini-Green housing project in the 1980s and early '90s.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe result of a five-year research project by Stanford scholar Milbrey W. McLaughlin, the book documents what happened to more than 700 Cabrini-Green youth two decades after they attended the Community Youth Creative Learning Experience (CYCLE), a comprehensive after-school program offering tutoring, enrichment, scholarships, summer camps, and more. Through data collection, and in-depth interviews with participants and staff, she finds that almost all had graduated high school and escaped poverty, and so had their children. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMcLaughlin describes the design principles as well as the core features of the program that participants say were key to their success: mentoring, exposure to activities and resources beyond their neighborhood, and a culture of belonging in which staff committed to \"never give up on a kid.\" The recollections and accomplishments of CYCLE alums, McLaughlin argues, challenge current assumptions about the enduring effects of poverty and highlight the power of opportunity \"to imagine and take a different path.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou Can't Be What You Can't See\u003c\/i\u003e offers lessons for policy makers, educators, community activists, funders, and others interested in learning what makes a youth organization effective for low-income, marginalized children.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Milbrey W. McLaughlin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 168253152X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781682531525\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard Education PR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/10\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Milbrey W. McLaughlin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48439962075391,"sku":"9781682531525","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_da3a116a-f00c-44e6-b8c9-4b7a3ecdfd42.jpg?v=1777179880","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/you-cant-be-what-you-milbrey-w-mclaughlin-9781682531525","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}