03170nam 2200781 a 450 991096739900332120200520144314.09786612551185978047063959704706395989781282551183128255118397804706396030470639601(CKB)2670000000009591(EBL)487668(OCoLC)609856693(SSID)ssj0000366170(PQKBManifestationID)11231846(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000366170(PQKBWorkID)10415086(PQKB)10411260(MiAaPQ)EBC487668(Au-PeEL)EBL487668(CaPaEBR)ebr10366661(CaONFJC)MIL255118(OCoLC)190843427(FINmELB)ELB179307(Perlego)1006558(EXLCZ)99267000000000959120080114d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrStand for the best 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 /Thomas M. Bloch1st ed.San Francisco, CA Jossey-Bassc20081 online resource (241 p.)The Jossey-Bass education seriesDescription based upon print version of record.9780470188965 0470188960 Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-210) and index.Off the Block -- Back to school -- Into the trenches -- On the learning curve -- A question of character -- A new kind of urban school -- Great expectations -- Making the grade -- Moving the school -- Real heroes -- A duty to dream -- The next urban teacher -- A calling -- Midterm exam.Thirteen years ago, Tom Bloch was CEO of H&R Block, the groundbreaking tax organization. The son of the company's founder, he was a happily married 41-year-old executive, but something was missing from his life. After a nineteen-year career at the company, Bloch resigned his position to become a math teacher in an impoverished inner-city section of Kansas City. Stand for the Best reveals Bloch's struggles to make a difference for his marginalized students and how he eventually co-founded a successful charter school, University Academy.Jossey-Bass education series.Education, UrbanUnited StatesMathematics teachersMissouriKansas CityCharter schoolsMissouriKansas CityTeachingSocial aspectsUnited StatesCareer changesEducation, UrbanMathematics teachersCharter schoolsTeachingSocial aspectsCareer changes.371.10092BBloch Thomas M115725MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910967399003321Stand for the best4354878UNINA