I read this for an undergraduate seminar on injustice and inequality in the American school system. I think this is a great compliment to Jonothan Kozol's work Shame of the Nation. This book helps highlight the issues present in the accompanying movie and point out just how hopeless the situation seems to those involved. This was supposed to be read alongside the documentary, but I feel like simply watching the documentary was more moving and informative than reading the book. Interesting and insighful. I've heard of this story motivating the readers in two different ways: use the information to be cynical and hopeless about education or accept the challenge and fight to improve the school systems. This book has strong evidence and allows the reader to understand why the sources should be trusted. After a while, the information presented seemed to be common sense and monotonous. However, the information is very crucial and needs to be known.
Ideas, questions, plans...a place to start. The biggest question now is, who is listening?
—cerberus
It was a reflection of making the documentary. So just watch the documentary.
—LardahsToYou
Overly simplistic but a good introduction to the subject.
—drreas
interesting commentary on the education system
—Darren
Full of lies!
—Taytay
