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Work Hard. Be Nice.: How Two Inspired Teachers Created the Most Promising Schools in America
Contributor(s): Mathews, Jay (Author)

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 ISBN: 1565125169     ISBN-13: 9781565125162
Publisher: Algonquin Books
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: January 2009
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Annotation: In "Work Hard, Be Nice," Mathews captures the exuberance [and] intelligence . . . of two young educators. [They're] why KIPP [Knowledge Is Power Program] schools are successful and why this book should be read by everyone who cares about education.--Richard W. Riley, former U.S. Secretary of2Education.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Educators
- Education
Dewey: 370
LCCN: 2008033090
Physical Information: 0.88" H x 5.5" W x 8.22" L (0.74 lbs) 329 pages
Themes:
- Catalog Heading - Professional
- Curriculum Strand - Language Arts
Features: Bibliography, Ikids, Index, Price on Product, Table of Contents
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 10/13/2008 pg. 46
Kirkus Reviews 11/01/2008 pg. 1151
Library Journal 02/01/2009 pg. 79
Multicultural Review 03/01/2009 pg. 65
 
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Publisher Description:
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.

Contributor Bio(s): Mathews, Jay: - JAY MATHEWS covers education for the Washington Post and has created Newsweek's annual Best High Schools rankings. He has won the Benjamin Fine Award for Outstanding Education Reporting for both features and column writing and is the author of six previous books, including Escalante: The Best Teacher in America, about the teacher who was immortalized in the movie Stand and Deliver.
 
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