{"product_id":"work-hard-be-nice-9781565125162","title":"Work Hard. Be Nice.","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Mike Feinberg and Dave Levin signed up for Teach for America right after college and found themselves utter failures in the classroom  they vowed to remake themselves into superior educators. They did thatand more. In their early twenties  by sheer force of talent and determination never to take no for an answer  they created a wildly successful fifth-grade experience that would grow into the Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP)  which today includes sixty-six schools in nineteen states and the District of Columbia.  KIPP schools incorporate what Feinberg and Levin learned from Americas best  most charismatic teachers: lessons need to be lively; school days need to be longer (the KIPP day is nine and a half hours); the completion of homework has to be sacrosanct (KIPP teachers are available by telephone day and night). Chants  songs  and slogans such as \"Work hard  be nice\" energize the program. Illuminating the ups and downs of the KIPP founders and their students  Mathews gives us something quite rare: a hopeful book about education.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45529626476597,"sku":"ByrdShop_1565125169","price":67.03,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781565125162.jpg?v=1780939436","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/work-hard-be-nice-9781565125162","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}