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A Chance to Make History: What Works and What Doesn't in Providing an Excellent Education for All

Since 1990, Teach For America has been building a movement to end educational inequity in America.Â 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 communitiesÂ during those years. A Chance to Make History cuts through the noise of todayâ‚¬s debates to describe precisely what it will take to provide transformational educationâ‚¬"education that changes the academic and life trajectories predicted by childrenâ‚¬s socioeconomic backgrounds.
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Sharing her experiences in some of the countryâ‚¬s most underserved communities, Kopp introduces leaders at the classroom, school, and system levels who, driven by passionate belief in their studentsâ‚¬ potential, have set out to accomplish what most think impossible.Â Their inspiring stories show how we can provide children facing all the challenges of poverty with an excellent education, and that doing so involves the same ingredients that account for success in any endeavor: visionary leadership that sets ambitious goals and puts forth the energy and discipline to reach them.
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Koppâ‚¬s experiences and insights also shine light on why we have not made more progress against educational inequityâ‚¬"how and why the intense but misguided quest for easy answers actually distracts from the hard work of expanding on the growing pockets of success in low-income communitiesâ‚¬"and on what we need to do now to increase the pace of change.
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Americaâ‚¬s failure to educate millions of children to fulfill their potential is a crisis that strikes at our fundamental ideals and health as a nation.Â A Chance to Make History offers tangible evidence that we can change direction and provide all children the opportunity to attain an excellent education.
Country USA
Brand PublicAffairs
Manufacturer PublicAffairs
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2012-02-28
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781610391047

Country	USA
Brand	PublicAffairs
Manufacturer	PublicAffairs
Binding	Paperback
ReleaseDate	2012-02-28
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781610391047

A Chance to Make History: What Works and What Doesn't in Providing an Excellent Education for All

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