Getting to Bartlett Street: Our 25-Year Quest to Level the Playing Field in Education
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| Rating | : | 4.61 (516 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0984954309 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 230 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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Joe Reich also founded Reich & Tang, a leading investment firm, in 1970. Carol Reich is the former president of the Lexington Center (formerly the Lexington School for the Deaf).. But when they first conceived of their school, Beginning With Children, no one had ever started an independent public school anywhere in the country.Getting to Bartlett Street is a tale that will astound and inspire supporters of education reform everywhere.Joe Reich and Carol Reich are the co-founders of the Beginning with Children Foundation which opened the first charter-like school in New York City in 1992. In Getting to Bartlett Street, for the first time, Joe and Carol Reich tell the true st
Jean said A Winner. "Getting to Bartlett Street" is really three books in one, all terrific. The first is the Reiches' telling of their struggle to improve the lives of impoverished children and the fight that they had with an intransigent and corrupt bureaucracy to create a first-rate public school, one with high-expectations for both the adults who taught there and the children who learned from them. Their vivid descriptions o. The Journey of a Couple Who Believes in the Importance of Giving Back Diana Keeler Joe and Carol Reich were the first private citizens to open a public school, paving the way for the charter movement.In this engrossing and inspiring book they chronicle their odyssey, which began in 1990 in what was known as the "Dead Zone" of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The Reiches, who lived in the upper middle class enclave of Brooklyn Heights, write about entering a world that was a far cry from the one wher. speck said Inspiring!. Incredible journey. I can't believe how the authors persevered in the face of such bureaucratic obstacles - and at every turn! At some points during the story, I felt like I was reading a fictional adventure novel - the politics and ignorance that got in the way of trying to help children to a better life were almost hard to believe! Private citizens trying to improve education was a gift that a big city like
Many of the innovations in their groundbreaking work influenced charter school legislation in NY State and throughout the country. All those who succeeded them owe the Reichs a debt of gratitude.- Jim Hunt, former 4-term Governor of North Carolina"This is an inspiring and eye-opening book by two pioneers in the education reform movement that will make you believe in the goodness of people and the power of the human spirit."- Eugene Lang, founder of "I Have A Dream" FoundationSo much of our reform agenda has begun with the work that Carol and Joe pioneered.” Mayor Michael