| 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 Schoo Contributor(s): Bloch, Thomas M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0470188960 ISBN-13: 9780470188965 Publisher: Jossey-Bass OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2008 Annotation: Thirteen years ago, Tom Bloch was CEO of H&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. "Stand for the Best" reveals Bloch's struggles to make a difference for his marginalized students and how he eventually co-founded a successful charter school, University Academy. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Educators - Education | Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2008001014 |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 6.4" W x 9.12" (0.96 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Locality - Kansas City, Missouri-Kansas - Geographic Orientation - Missouri - Cultural Region - Mid-South |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Thirteen years ago, Tom Bloch was CEO of H&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. Stand for the Best reveals Bloch's struggles to make a difference for his marginalized students and how he eventually co-founded a successful charter school, University Academy. |