Work hard. Be nice
Subtitle: how two inspired teachers created the most promising schools in America
By: Jay Mathews
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chapel Hill, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9781565125162
Subjects: Schüler; Children with social disabilities; Chancengleichheit; Unterprivilegierung; Educational innovations; Education; Poor children
Other titles: Work hard, be nice
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.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Starting out, or A tale of two teachers; title: Starting KIPP; title: Starting two schools; title: Starting many schools.