Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-210) and index.
Off the Block -- Back to school -- Into the trenches -- On the learning curve -- A question of character -- A new kind of urban school -- Great expectations -- Making the grade -- Moving the school -- Real heroes -- A duty to dream -- The next urban teacher -- A calling -- Midterm exam.
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Tom Bloch, CEO of H & R Bock, left his job making nearly a million dollars a year to teach math to inner-city kids.