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Work Hard. Be Nice.

2009·328 pages·Nonfiction

Self-Help & Business

Washington Post education reporter Mathews delves into the Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) and follows the enterprise's founders, Mike Feinberg and Dave Levin, from their days as young educators in the Teach for America program to heading one of the country's most controversial education programs running today.

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Work Hard. Be Nice.

Year

2009

Pages

328

Type

Nonfiction

Self-Help & Business

Description

Washington Post education reporter Mathews delves into the Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) and follows the enterprise's founders, Mike Feinberg and Dave Levin, from their days as young educators in the Teach for America program to heading one of the country's most controversial education programs running today.

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