Lessons of Hope

By: Joel Klein

Narrated by: Peter Berkrot

Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins

Publisher's Summary

In 2002, New York City's newly elected mayor Michael Bloomberg made a historic announcement: His administration had won control of the city's school system in a first step toward reversing its precipitous decline. In a controversial move, he appointed Joel Klein, an accomplished lawyer from outside the education establishment, to lead this ambitious campaign. Lessons of Hope is Klein's inside account of his eight-year mission of improvement: demanding accountability, eliminating political favoritism, and battling a powerful teachers union that seemed determined to protect a status quo that didn't work for kids. Klein's initiatives resulted in more school choice, higher graduation rates, and improved test scores. The New York City model is now seen as a national standard for meaningful school reform. But the journey was not easy. Klein faced resistance and conflict at every turn.

©2014 Joel Klein (P)2015 Tantor

Critic Reviews

"Klein presents an honest rundown of the challenges he faced and is very forthright in his portrayals of everyone involved in the process." (Library Journal)

More about Klein than the work

Good read just more about author than the work! It did give great insight about school reform and the challenges.