{"product_id":"stand-for-the-best-what-i-learned-after-leaving-my-job-as-ceo-of-h-r-block-to-become-a-teacher-and-founder-of-an-inner-city-charter-school-hardback-9780470188965","title":"Stand for the Best; What I Learned after Leaving My Job as CEO of H\u0026R Block to Become a Teacher and Founder of an Inner-City Charter School (Hardback) 9780470188965","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eStand for the Best\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eWhat I Learned after Leaving My Job as CEO of H\u0026amp;R Block to Become a Teacher and Founder of an Inner-City Charter School\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eThomas M. Bloch (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780470188965, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 8 August 2008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e256 pages, Photos: 16 B\u0026amp;W, 0 Color\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 16 x 2.3 cm, 0.44 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"The lessons from Mr. Bloch's journey — on the importance of courage, risk-taking, passion and service in our lives — are valuable to us all as citizens, leaders, social-change agents and human beings.\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Times\u003c\/i\u003e, October 2008)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThirteen years ago, Tom Bloch was CEO of H\u0026amp;R Block, the groundbreaking tax organization. The son of the company’s founder, he was a happily married 41-year-old executive, but something was missing from his life. After a nineteen-year career at the company, Bloch resigned his position to become a math teacher in an impoverished inner-city section of Kansas City. \u003ci\u003eStand for the Best\u003c\/i\u003e reveals Bloch’s struggles to make a difference for his marginalized students and how he eventually co-founded a successful charter school, University Academy.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgments.  \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Off the Block.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Back to School.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Into the Trenches.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 On the Learning Curve.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 A Question of Character.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 A New Kind of Urban School.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Great Expectations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Making the Grade.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Moving the School.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Real Heroes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 A Duty to Dream.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Th e Next Urban Teacher.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 A Calling.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Midterm Exam.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelected Web Sites.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Education [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Education\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Education%20%5BJN%5D%22\"\u003eJN\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52257177764120,"sku":"9780470188965","price":16.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780470188965_173874.jpg?v=1781277988","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/stand-for-the-best-what-i-learned-after-leaving-my-job-as-ceo-of-h-r-block-to-become-a-teacher-and-founder-of-an-inner-city-charter-school-hardback-9780470188965","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}