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Work Hard. Be Nice.

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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 remake 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 answer, they created a wildly successful fifth-grade experience that would grow into the Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP), which today includes sixty-six schools in nineteen states and the District of Columbia.
KIPP schools incorporate what Feinberg and Levin learned from America's best, most charismatic teachers: lessons 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 are 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 book about education.

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Publisher: Algonquin Books

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  • Release date: January 20, 2009

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  • ISBN: 9781565126732
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  • ISBN: 9781565126732
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  • Release date: January 20, 2009

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  • ISBN: 9781565126732
  • File size: 2711 KB
  • Release date: January 20, 2009

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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 remake 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 answer, they created a wildly successful fifth-grade experience that would grow into the Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP), which today includes sixty-six schools in nineteen states and the District of Columbia.
KIPP schools incorporate what Feinberg and Levin learned from America's best, most charismatic teachers: lessons 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 are 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 book about education.

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    Publisher:
    Algonquin Books

    Kindle Book
    Release date: January 20, 2009

    OverDrive Read
    ISBN: 9781565126732
    Release date: January 20, 2009

    EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9781565126732
    File size: 2506 KB
    Release date: January 20, 2009

    PDF ebook
    ISBN: 9781565126732
    File size: 2711 KB
    Release date: January 20, 2009

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