A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door

<p><strong>A trenchant analysis of how public education is being destroyed in overt and deceptive ways-and how to fight back</strong></p>
<p><strong>A powerful analysis of the predatory profit-seeking forces that threaten our nation's public schools. . . . If you care about the future of our society read this book. —Diane Ravitch author of <em>Slaying Goliath</em> and <em>Reign of Error<br></em></strong><strong><br></strong>In the “vigorous well-informed” (<em>Kirkus Reviews</em>) <em>A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door</em> the co-hosts of the popular education podcast <em>Have You Heard</em> expose the potent network of conservative elected officials advocacy groups funders and think tanks that are pushing a radical vision to do away with public education.</p>
<p>“Cut[ing] through the rhetorical fog surrounding a host of free-market reforms and innovations” (Mike Rose) Jack Schneider and Jennifer Berkshire lay bare the dogma of privatization and reveal how it fits into the current context of right-wing political movements. <em>A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door</em> “goes above and beyond the typical explanations” (SchoolPolicy.org) giving readers an up-close look at the policies—school vouchers the war on teachers’ unions tax credit scholarships virtual schools and more—driving the movement’s agenda.</p>
<p>Called “well-researched carefully argued and alarming” by <em>Library Journal</em> this smart essential book has already incited a public reckoning on behalf of the millions of families served by the American educational system—and many more who stand to suffer from its unmaking. “Just as with good sci-fi” according to <em>Jacobin</em> “the authors make a compelling case that based on our current trajectory a nightmare future is closer than we think.”</p>