Incluye índice

FIRST PERIOD: STARTING OUT, OR A TALE OF TWO TEACHERS |
1. Learning to push |
2. Risk takers at play |
3. Road trip wisdom |
4. Problems in Houston |
5. Meeting Harriett Ball |
6. Staying late after class |
7. Michael’s smoke signal |
8. Feeling like a lesser Levin |
9. Second-year teachers |
10. Meeting rafe esquith |
Study hall. Kipp today: Jaquan begins
SECOND PERIOD: STARTING KIPP
11. Getting permission |
12. Firing Mr. Levin |
13. Ice cream and spinach |
14. Money from mattress mack |
15. All will learn |
16. Big dogs on the porch |
17. A room in motion |
18. Investigating New York |
19. In the news |
20. One on one |
21. Recruiting in Gulfton |
22. Serenading bill |
23. Changing places |
24. Harriett and Herman
Study hall. Kipp today: Jaquan climbs the mountain |
TRIRD PERIOD: STARTING TWO SCHOOLS |
25. “Them jews are stealing your stull” |
26. “What’s with this guy?” |
27. Off the porch |
28. Starting again in Houston |
29. Climbing the fence |
30. Taking away the TV |
31. Going to Utah |
32. Banished to the playground |
33. Ambushing the superintendent |
34. Dave and Frank |
35. “I’m not going to that school” |
36. Silencing the loudspeaker |
37. Giving up |
38. Moving fast |
39. A chair takes flight |
40. Letting go |
41. Kenneth and the golden ticket |
42. “You can’t say that to me”
43. “That’s where it starts”
Study hall. Kipp today: Jaquan improves |
FOURTH PERIOD: STARTING MENY SCHOOLS |
44. Six people in a room |
45. Too big a heart |
46. Skeptical of kipp |
47. Little laboratories |
48. Mentors |
49. Alumni |
50. “Tall teacher, sweet face” |
51. Master class |
52. Remembering room 220 |
Commencement |
Honor roll

Washington Post education reporter Mathews delves into the Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) and follows the enterprise's founders, Mike Feinberg and Dave Levin, from their days as young educators in the Teach for America program to heading one of the country's most controversial education programs running today.