LETTERS TO THE NEXT PRESIDENT: What We Can Do About the Real Crisis in Public Education
, , prologue by Bill Cosby. . Teachers College Press, $14.95 (272pp) ISBN 978-0-8077-4427-7
Taxpayers, legislators, policy makers and, as the title suggests, even presidential candidates will appreciate this thoughtful collection of letters from a diverse group of parents, students, teachers, public figures and elected officials, education scholars and reformers. The essays offer straightforward suggestions for fixing our schools and are a refreshing antidote to the spin from government and media sources whose messages often "obscure the real crisis in our schools." "We must focus on the difficult questions," says Glickman (
Reviewed on: 12/15/2003
Genre: Nonfiction