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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.
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 b...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
John Wiley & Sons,
2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 505 | 0 | |a 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; Contents; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1: OFF THE BLOCK; Chapter 2: BACK TO SCHOOL; Chapter 3: INTO THE TRENCHES; Chapter 4: ON THE LEARNING CURVE; Chapter 5: A QUESTION OF CHARACTER; Chapter 6: A NEW KIND OF URBAN SCHOOL; Chapter 7: GREAT EXPECTATIONS; Chapter 8: MAKING THE GRADE; Chapter 9: MOVING THE SCHOOL; Chapter 10: REAL HEROES; Chapter 11: A DUTY TO DREAM; Chapter 12: THE NEXT URBAN TEACHER; Chapter 13: A CALLING. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Chapter 14: MIDTERM EXAMEpilogue; Appendix; Notes; Selected Web Sites; Index. | |
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