Stand for the best [[electronic resource] ] : 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. Bloch

• Autore: Bloch Thomas M
• Pubblicazione: San Francisco, CA, : Jossey-Bass, c2008
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (241 p.)
• Disciplina: 371.10092; B
• Soggetto topico: Education, Urban - United States; Mathematics teachers - Missouri - Kansas City; Charter schools - Missouri - Kansas City; Teaching - Social aspects - United States; Career changes
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-210) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Stand for the best
• ISBN: 0-470-63959-8; 1-282-55118-3; 9786612551185; 0-470-63960-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910792459803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Jossey-Bass education series.