Stand for the best
Subtitle: what I learned after leaving my job as CEO of H&R Block to become a teacher and founder of an inner city charter school
By: Thomas M. Bloch.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Jossey-Bass, A Wiley Imprint; Jossey-Bass
Published: 2008
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9780470188965
Subjects: Bloch, Thomas M; Education, Urban -- United States; Mathematics teachers -- Missouri -- Kansas City; Charter schools -- Missouri -- Kansas City; Teaching -- Social aspects -- United States; Career changes
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Off the Block; title: Back to school; title: Into the trenches; title: On the learning curve; title: A question of character; title: A new kind of urban school; title: Great expectations; title: Making the grade; title: Moving the school; title: Real heroes; title: A duty to dream; title: The next urban teacher; title: A calling; title: Mid-term exam.