When 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 that—and 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...

"Poor Students, Rich Teaching: Mindsets for Change presents effective, research-based instructional strategies to ensure all students, regardless of circumstance, graduate college or career ready. This thorough resource examines the power of mindset as an instrument for change and details the necessary, but difficult, work essential to positively impacting students from poverty. Author Eric Jensen presents four powerful mindsets to impact change:...

"Famed director M. Night Shyamalan tells how his passion for education reform led him to the five indispensable keys to educational success in America's high-performing schools in impoverished neighborhoods"--

There are three critical characteristics to know about poverty and education: The devastating effects of poverty are accelerating.Poverty affects both you and your students in multiple adverse ways.You have the power to reverse the academic impact poverty has on your students, and this comprehensive resource will show you how. In this revised and updated edition, two of Eric Jensen's top-selling books (Poor Students, Rich Teaching and Poor Students,...