Work Hard. Be Nice. by Mathews, Jay -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Contents Dedication Orientation FIRST PERIOD Starting Out, or A Tale of Two Teachers

1. Learning to Push 2. Risk Takers at Play 3. Road Trip Wisdom 4. Problems in Houston 5. Meeting Harriett Ball 6. Staying Late after Class 7. Michael’s Smoke Signal 8. Feeling Like a Lesser Levin 9. Second-Year Teachers 10. Meeting Rafe Esquith Study Hall KIPP Today: Jaquan Begins

SECOND PERIOD Starting KIPP

11. Getting Permission 12. Firing Mr. Levin 13. Ice Cream and Spinach 14. Money from Mattress Mack 15. All Will Learn 16. Big Dogs on the Porch 17. A Room in Motion 18. Investigating New York 19. In the News 20. One on One 21. Recruiting in Gulfton 22. Serenading Bill 23. Changing Places 24. Harriett and Herman STUDY HALL KIPP Today: Jaquan Climbs the Mountain

THIRD PERIOD Starting Two Schools

25. “Them Jews Are Stealing Your Stuff” 26. “What’s With This Guy?” 27. Off the Porch 28. Starting Again in Houston 29. Climbing the Fence 30. Taking Away the TV 31. Going to Utah 32. Banished to the Playground 33. Ambushing the Superintendent 34. Dave and Frank 35. “I’m Not Going to That School” 36. Silencing the Loudspeaker 37. Giving Up 38. Moving Fast 39. A Chair Takes Flight 40. Letting Go 41. Kenneth and the Golden Ticket 42. “You Can’t Say That to Me” 43. “That’s Where It Starts” STUDY HALL KIPP Today: Jaquan Improves

FOURTH PERIOD Starting Many Schools

44. Six People in a Room 45. Too Big a Heart 46. Skeptical of KIPP 47. Little Laboratories 48. Mentors 49. Alumni 50. “Tall Teacher, Sweet Face” 51. Master Class 52. Remembering Room 220

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