Endorsements
“In Work Hard, Be Nice, Jay Mathews captures the exuberance, intelligence, and plain old-fashioned stick-to-itiveness of two young educators. Like them, the book is filled with energy and hope. It's why KIPP schools are successful and why this book should be read by everyone who cares about education in our country. —Richard W. Riley, former U.S. Secretary of Education
"This wonderful book tells the story of two young educational geniuses who created the imaginative blueprint for schools that would truly succeed in turning young lives around. KIPP is the most important educational story in America today." -- Abigail Thernstrom, Co-author, No Excuses: Closing the Racial Gap in Learning and Vice-Chair, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
"The most comprehensive and authoritative account yet of KIPP's inception and vision." --Andy Rotherham, former education adviser to President Clinton and co-founder, Education Sector.
"Educators and reformers eager to learn Feinberg and Levin's secrets, and parents and policy makers eager to find out how they might help, will find no better source than Jay Mathews' insightful, richly drawn, and engrossing tale." -- Frederick M. Hess, Director of Education Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute
"In Work Hard. Be Nice Jay Mathews applies his superb journalistic skills to understanding one of the great education institutions in America that succeeds where others have failed: the KIPP schools. No journalist knows more about American education than Jay Mathews and anyone trying to understand it better should read him--always."--William J. Bennett Former Secretary of Education Washington Fellow, The Claremont Institute
"KIPP academies are unlike any urban public schools I have encountered during 40 years as an educator: students are totally focused, engaged in uniformly demanding subject matter, always respecting their teachers and classmates, and loving the work they are doing. In Work Hard. Be Nice, Jay Mathews tells the compelling tale of the two young teachers who conceived and founded KIPP. Their inspiring story is more than one of triumph against the odds. It is a real-life parable for transforming our nation's failing schools and insuring bright futures for our most forgotten children."—Michael L. Lomax, Ph.D., President & CEO, UNCF (United Negro College Fund)
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