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1 online resource (241 pages) |
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Stand 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; Contents; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1: OFF THE BLOCK; Chapter 2: BACK TO SCHOOL; Chapter 3: INTO THE TRENCHES; Chapter 4: ON THE LEARNING CURVE; Chapter 5: A QUESTION OF CHARACTER; Chapter 6: A NEW KIND OF URBAN SCHOOL; Chapter 7: GREAT EXPECTATIONS; Chapter 8: MAKING THE GRADE; Chapter 9: MOVING THE SCHOOL; Chapter 10: REAL HEROES; Chapter 11: A DUTY TO DREAM; Chapter 12: THE NEXT URBAN TEACHER; Chapter 13: A CALLING |
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Chapter 14: MIDTERM EXAMEpilogue; Appendix; Notes; Selected Web Sites; Index |
| Summary |
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 |
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Print version record |
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Bloch, Thomas M
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Bloch, Thomas M fast |
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Education, Urban -- United States
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Mathematics teachers -- Missouri -- Kansas City
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Charter schools -- Missouri -- Kansas City
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Teaching -- Social aspects -- United States
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Career changes.
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Career changes
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Charter schools
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Education, Urban
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Mathematics teachers
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Teaching -- Social aspects
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Missouri -- Kansas City
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780470639603 |
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0470639601 |
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