Work Hard. Be Nice.
Author Jay Mathews tells the story of two young men who founded KIPP, a nationwide network of public charter schools.
Many people in the United States believe that low-income children can no more be expected to do well in school than ballerinas can be counted on to excel in football. Inner-city and rural children raised by parents who themselves struggled in school are thought to be largely doomed to low grades, poor test scores, menial jobs, and hard lives. These assumptions explain in part why public schools in impoverished neighborhoods rarely provide the skilled ... Full Story »
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