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More Than a Dream: How One School's Vision Is Changing the World

Autor George R. Kearney
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 31 dec 2007
The Christo Rey story is one of the more improbable and inspiring educational success stories in decades. Beginning with an audacious dream-to start a new college prep school for the children of Hispanic working poor - the Jesuits in Chicago set to work. In More Than a Dream, G.R. Kearney shows how one daring vision became a reality and has turned into a resounding success. Through Cristo Rey's innovative curriculum, creative financing model, and intense devotion to the needs of Hispanic students, the lives of thousands of families continue to be changed.
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ISBN-13: 9780829425765
ISBN-10: 0829425764
Pagini: 405
Dimensiuni: 164 x 230 x 31 mm
Greutate: 0.7 kg
Editura: Loyola Press

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"Cristo Rey is magical. What you see there is hope and optimism."
--Melinda French Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

They built more than a school--they built a future!
Brick by brick, Chicago-area Jesuits saw their dream of starting a new college prep school for the children of Hispanic working poor come true. Student by student, they saw a better and brighter future unfold.
You'll be truly inspired as you read how this Jesuit vision--now a national model for educational success--continues to challenge those who have much and to change the lives of those who have little.

"More Than a Dream shines a light into the soul of urban education, illuminating the extraordinary challenges and the breathtaking and transformational results of the Cristo Rey-model schools."
--Darren Jackson, CFO of Best Buy

"Cristo Rey schools change children's lives. This is a story that needs to be told."
--Laura Vanderkam, member of USA Today's Board of Contributors

"An enticing tale of inspiration, improvisation and innovation . . . A testament to the will and wisdom of a hearty lot who believed in poor kids and who had faith that the impossible is possible in urban education."
--Jerome T. Murphy, Dean emeritus and Harold Howe II Professor of Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education

"Cristo Rey is magical.
What you see there is hope and optimism."
--Melinda French Gates,
co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

They built more than a school--they built a future!
Brick by brick, Chicago-area Jesuits saw their dream of starting a new college prep school for the children of Hispanic working poor come true. Student by student, they saw a better and brighter future unfold.
You'll be truly inspired as you read how this Jesuit vision--now a national model for educational success--continues to challenge those who have much and to change the lives of those who have little.

"More Than a Dream shines a light into the soul of urban education,
illuminating the extraordinary challenges and the breathtaking and
transformational results of the Cristo Rey-model schools."
--Darren Jackson, CFO of Best Buy

"Cristo Rey schools change children's lives. This is a story that needs to be told."
--Laura Vanderkam, member of USA Today's Board of Contributors

"An enticing tale of inspiration, improvisation and innovation . . . A testament
to the will and wisdom of a hearty lot who believed in poor kids and who had faith that the impossible is possible in urban education."
--Jerome T. Murphy, Dean emeritus and Harold Howe II Professor of Education
at the Harvard Graduate School of Education


Notă biografică

G.R. Kearney studied English and writing at Georgetown University and recently completed work on his MBA at the University of Chicago. He spent two years as a volunteer, teacher, coach, and bus driver at Cristo Rey Jesuit High School. He is the author of The Small Things.For more from G.R. Kearney, visit www.loyolabooks.org/Dream.