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245 12 a| A chance to make history :b| what works and what doesn't in providing an excellent education for all /c| Wendy Kopp with Steven Farr.;

250 a| 1st ed.;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-229).;

505 0 a| Teaching as leadership -- No shortcuts -- Scaling success -- Silver bullets and silver scapegoats -- increasing the pace of change -- Transformational teaching as the foundation for transformational change.;

520 a| America's failure to educate millions of children is a crisis that strikes at our fundamental ideals and health as a nation. Since 1990, Teach For America has been building a movement to end educational inequity in America. Now its founder, Wendy Kopp, shares the lessons learned from the experiences of more than 25,000 teachers and alumni who have taught and led schools in low-income communities . This book cuts through the noise of today's debates to describe what it will take to provide transformational education--education that changes the academic and life trajectories predicted by children's socioeconomic backgrounds. Kopp's experiences and insights also shine light on why we have not made more progress against educational inequity--how and why the misguided quest for easy answers actually distracts from the hard work--and on what we need to do now to increase the pace of change.--From publisher description.;

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A chance to make history : what works and what doesn't in providing an excellent education for all / Wendy Kopp with Steven Farr.

Author/creator	Kopp, Wendy
Other author	Farr, Steven.
Format	Book
Edition	1st ed.
Publication Info	New York : PublicAffairs, ©2011.
Description	v, 229 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects	Teach for America (Project)--History. Effective teaching--United States. Academic achievement--United States.

Contents	Teaching as leadership -- No shortcuts -- Scaling success -- Silver bullets and silver scapegoats -- increasing the pace of change -- Transformational teaching as the foundation for transformational change.
Contents	Teaching as leadership : lessons from transformational teachers -- No shortcuts : lessons from transformational schools -- Scaling success : lessons from improving systems -- Silver bullets and silver scapegoats -- Increasing the pace of change -- Transformational teaching as the foundation for transformational change -- Conclusion : whether we will -- Afterword : Transformational teaching and learning around the world.
Abstract	America's failure to educate millions of children is a crisis that strikes at our fundamental ideals and health as a nation. Since 1990, Teach For America has been building a movement to end educational inequity in America. Now its founder, Wendy Kopp, shares the lessons learned from the experiences of more than 25,000 teachers and alumni who have taught and led schools in low-income communities . This book cuts through the noise of today's debates to describe what it will take to provide transformational education--education that changes the academic and life trajectories predicted by children's socioeconomic backgrounds. Kopp's experiences and insights also shine light on why we have not made more progress against educational inequity--how and why the misguided quest for easy answers actually distracts from the hard work--and on what we need to do now to increase the pace of change.--From publisher description.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-229).
LCCN	2010036774
ISBN	9781586487409 (hardcover)
ISBN	158648740X (hardcover)

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