Work hard. Be nice.
Subtitle: how two inspired teachers created America's best schools
By: Jay Mathews.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chapel Hill, NC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9781565125162
Subjects: Feinberg, Michael; Levin, Dave; Children with social disabilities -- Education -- United States; Poor children -- Education -- United States; Educational innovations -- United States
Description: Washington Post education reporter Mathews delves into the Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) and follows the enterprise's founders, Mike Feinberg and Dave Levin, from their days as young educators in the Teach for America program to heading one of the country's most controversial education programs running today.