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02861aam a2200373Ii 4500 001 BC696A4AB0F211E4ADA758E4DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20150210010111 008 120106r20122011nyu b 000 0 eng d 020 $a 9781610391047 020 $a 1610391047 035 $a (OCoLC)771288323 040 $a YDXCP $b eng $e rda $c YDXCP $d CTB $d BDX $d IAD $d OCLCF $d NDV $d EDK $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 $a LB1025.3 $b .K667 2012 050 4 $a LB1025.3 $b .K667 2012 100 1 $a Kopp, Wendy, $e author. 245 12 $a A chance to make history : $b what works and what doesn't in providing an excellent education for all / $c Wendy Kopp ; with Steven Farr. 246 3 $a What works and what doesn't in providing an excellent education for all. 250 $a Paperback edition. 264 1 $a New York, New York : $b Public Affairs, $c 2012. 300 $a viii, 229 pages ; $c 21 cm. 500 $a Originally published in hardcover: 2011. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-229) 505 00 $g Notes. $g Introduction -- $t Afterword : Transformational teaching and learning around the world -- $t No shortcuts: lessons from transformational schools -- $t Scaling success: lessons from improving systems -- $t Silver bullets and silver scapegoats -- $t Increasing the pace of change -- $t Transformational teaching as the foundation for transformational change -- $t Conclusion : Whether we will -- $t Afterword : Transformational teaching and learning around the world -- $g Acknowledgments -- $g Notes. 520 $a America's failure to educate millions of children is a crisis that strikes at our fundamental ideals and health as a nation. Since 1990, Teach For America has been building a movement to end educational inequity in America. 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 communities . This book cuts through the noise of today's debates to describe what it will take to provide transformational education--education that changes the academic and life trajectories predicted by children's socioeconomic backgrounds. Kopp's experiences and insights also shine light on why we have not made more progress against educational inequity--how and why the misguided quest for easy answers actually distracts from the hard work--and on what we need to do now to increase the pace of change.--From publisher description. 650 0 $a Effective teaching $z United States. 650 0 $a Academic achievement $z United States. 610 20 $a Teach for America (Project) $x History. 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628. 700 1 $a Farr, Steven, $e co-author. 941 $a 1 952 $l OIAX792 $d 20150210012405.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=BC696A4AB0F211E4ADA758E4DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search