Summary: Deborah Hicks grew up in a working-class family in rural North Carolina. In The Road Out: A Teacher’s Odyssey in Poor America, she weaves a narrative of growing up in Appalachia with her experiences as an educator trying to help a group of troubled girls in inner-city Cincinnati. Hicks works at Duke University’s Social Science Research Institute, and is the founding director of PAGE, an educational partnership supporting girls and young women in Appalachia. Original air date 04/15/13
