A Chance to Make History: What Works and What Doesn't in Providing an Excellent Education for AllOn Teach For AmericaÕs twentieth anniversary, its founder offers an inspiring summation of the lessons learned: The achievement gap can be closed, and thereÕs nothing elusive about what it will take |
Contents
TEACHING AS LEADERSHIP | 13 |
NO SHORTCUTS | 39 |
SCALING SUCCESS | 77 |
SILVER BULLETS AND SILVER SCAPEGOATS | 111 |
INCREASING THE PACE OF CHANGE | 143 |
TRANSFORMATIONAL TEACHING AS THE | 177 |
CONCLUSION | 203 |
Transformational Teaching | 209 |
Acknowledgments | 217 |
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