The bridge to brilliance
Subtitle: how one principal in a tough community is inspiring the world
By: Nadia Lopez, with Rebecca Paley
Contributors: Paley, Rebecca, author
Publisher: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
ISBN-13: 9781101980255
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Social conditions; Public schools; Education; Poor children; Educators
Description: Documents how a magnetic young principal created a path-breaking school in one of New York City's poorest neighborhoods.

Mott Hall Bridges Academy isn't a typically underserved public school in one of New York Citys most underprivileged communities-- it is a school that glows with energy and excitement. It was an uphill battle to get the school launched, to recruit faculty and students, to solve a million new problems every day from violent crime to vanishing supplies. Lopez tells the kids every day that they're extraordinary and that she loves them, and here she illustrates how leadership often means just picking the right people to support you.
Table of contents: title: The vision; title: The teachers; title: The scholars; title: The parents; title: Connected to succeed; title: Expanding horizons; title: The struggle of leadership; title: Praise for humans; title: Never give up.