Work Hard. Be Nice.
How Two Inspired Teachers Created the Most Promising Schools in America
Recommended by Bill Gates, and 1 others. See all reviewsRanked #98 in Education
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... more
KIPP schools incorporate what Feinberg and Levin learned from... more
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Bill Gates CEO/MicrosoftGives a great sense of how hard it was to get KIPP going and how intense the focus on good teaching is. (Source)
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