children with social disabilities

Describes one year in the life of children in the poorest congressional district in the United States, the South Bronx.

Contains more than sixty lesson plans with over three hundred games and activities designed to help develop and reinforce relationship-building and social skills in children in preschool and elementary grades.

Examines how children learn what nerds are, explores the unique impact being labeled a nerd has on people at every stage of life, traces the history of anti-intellectualism in America, and urges people to put a stop to the stereotypical labeling of people as "nerds" before it leads to a disinterest in learning and high achievement.

Examination of schools across the country whose children are from poor families in the inner city and the less affluent suburbs.