Work Hard. Be Nice.: How Two Inspired Teachers Created the Most Promising Schools in America
Language: English
Published by Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2010
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329 pages. When Mike Feinberg and Dave Levin signed up for Teach for America right after college and found themselves utter failures in the classroom, they vowed to rem ake themselves into superior educators. They did that--and more. In their early twenties, by sheer force of talent and determination never to take no for an ans wer, they created a wildly successful fifth-grade experience that would grow int o the Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP), which today includes sixty-six schools in nineteen states and the District of Columbia. n nKIPP schools incorporate wha t Feinberg and Levin learned from America's best, most charismatic teachers: les sons need to be lively; school days need to be longer (the KIPP day is nine and a half hours); the completion of homework has to be sacrosanct (KIPP teachers ar e available by telephone day and night). Chants, songs, and slogans such as Work hard, be nice energize the program. Illuminating the ups and downs of the KIPP founders and their students, Mathews gives us something quite rare: a hopeful bo ok about education. n nEditorial Reviews n nMathews does a smart, respectable jo b here. Frankly elucidating the major struggles and roadblocks inherent in attem pting to reform how underprivileged children are taught, he nonetheless leaves r eaders convinced of the truth in Levin's idealistic statement on his Teach for A merica application: an educator could change lives. A grand example of humanitar ianism in the classroom: Naysayers who believe there's no hope for America's inn er-city schools haven't met Feinberg and Levin.-Kirkus-USA Today n nA vivid acco unt of two young men who transform themselves from ‘terrible' first-year te achers into visionaries.-USA Today n nThe improbable story of how KIPP was found.…
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- Title
- Work Hard. Be Nice.: How Two Inspired Teachers Created the Most Promising Schools in America
- Author
- Jay Mathews
- Publisher
- Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
- Publication year
- 2010
- Condition
- Very Good
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- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1565125169
- ISBN 13
- 9781565125162
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- 14.0cm x 20.6cm x 2.8cm
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