Work Hard. Be Nice. by Jay Mathews

Get other Biography AudioBooks here

When Mike Feinberg and Dave Levin signed up for Teach for America right after college and found themselves utter failures in the classroom, they vowed to remake themselves into superior educators. They did that-and more. In their early twenties, by sheer force of talent and determination never to take no for an answer, they created a wildly successful fifth-grade experience that would grow into the Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP), which today includes sixty-six schools in nineteen states and the District of Columbia. KIPP schools incorporate what Feinberg and Levin learned from America's best, most charismatic teachers: lessons need to be lively; school days need to be longer (the KIPP day is nine and a half hours); the completion of homework has to be sacrosanct (KIPP teachers are available by telephone day and night). Chants, songs, and slogans such as "Work hard, be nice" energize the program. Illuminating the ups and downs of the KIPP founders and their students, Mathews gives us something quite rare: a hopeful book about education.

Audio Books are a effective way to read a book. AudioBooks can be used anywhere, typically when you would have no likelihood to read through a book. You can enjoy listening to to an audio book whilst you are riding to work. Talking Books can be a way to gain increased understanding. Students while listening have a improved ability to comprehend the words. Mankind have had a long heritage of passing myths on to the next generation by aural means. You can convert your audiobook on CD to mp3 format there is details here on conversion of your CD audio book to a formatting that can be made use of by your portable player. More information on what audiobooks are here

Work Hard. Be Nice. by Jay Mathews AudioBook