It takes the average reader 6 hours and 30 minutes to read Five Miles Away, A World Apart by James E. Ryan
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
How is it that half a century after Brown v. Board of Education--and in spite of increased funding for urban schools and programs like No Child Left Behind--educational opportunities for blacks and whites in America still remain so unequal? In Five Miles Away, A World Apart, James Ryan provides a sobering answer to this question by tracing the fortunes of two schools in Richmond, Virginia--one suburban, relatively affluent, and mostly white, and the other urban, relatively poor, and mostly black. Ryan shows how court rulings against desegregation in the 1970s laid the groundwork for the...
Five Miles Away, A World Apart by James E. Ryan is 384 pages long, and a total of 97,536 words.
This makes it 130% the length of the average book. It also has 119% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 52 minutes to read Five Miles Away, A World Apart aloud.
Five Miles Away, A World Apart is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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