02530cam a2200361 a 4500 16435173 20151118165345.0 100826s2011 nyu b 000 0 eng 2010036774 9781586487409 (hardcover) 158648740X (hardcover) 978-1586489267 (ebk.) (OCoLC)ocn435418516 DLC PUL n-us--- LB 1025.3 .K667 2011 371.1020973 22 Kopp, Wendy. A chance to make history: What works and what doesn't in providing an excellent education for all. Wendy Kopp with Steven Farr. 1st ed. New York : PublicAffairs, c2011. v, 229 p. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-229). Teaching as leadership : lessons from transformational teachers -- No shortcuts : lessons from transformational schools -- Scaling success : lessons from improving systems -- Silver bullets and silver scapegoats -- Increasing the pace of change -- Transformational teaching as the foundation for transformational change -- Conclusion : whether we will -- Afterword : Transformational teaching and learning around the world. 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. Teach for America (Project) History. Effective teaching United States. Academic achievement United States. Farr, Steven. 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 30884 30884 0 0 lcc 0 0 NFIC PUEA PUEA GEN 2015-11-18 Books for africa 2015-12041 0 LB 1025.3 .K667 2011 2015-4034 2016-11-25 00:00:00 C1 2015-11-18 BK