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Stand for the Best

Stand for the Best
Stand for the Best
If you ever need inspiration to follow your dreams, take a look at Thomas M. Bloch’s story in Stand for the Best: What I Learned after Leaving My Job as CEO of H&R Block to Become a Teacher and Founder of an Inner City School.
| by Jan F. Lee |

This motivating memoir to teaching follows Bloch from his decision to leave an almost million dollar salary to teaching middle school math in a windowless room to co-founding a successful charter school, University Academy, for an impoverished, inner-city community of Kansas City.