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Author Bloch, Thomas M.

Title 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.

Imprint San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, c2008.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description xiv, 223 p., [16] p. of plates : ill.
Series The Jossey-Bass education series
Jossey-Bass education series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-210) and index.
Contents 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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Bloch, Thomas M.
Education, Urban -- United States.
Mathematics teachers -- Missouri -- Kansas City.
Charter schools -- Missouri -- Kansas City.
Teaching -- Social aspects -- United States.
Career changes.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780470188965 (alk. paper)
0470188960 (alk. paper)

 
    
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