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Class Warfare

Steven Brill

Can great teachers lift poor children past the pull of poverty, as school reformers bet, and why did that bet start such a fight?

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84 parts, about 84 minutes to read.

At a glance

Author
Steven Brill
Parts
84 parts
Reading time
about 84 minutes

Why read it

  • You will understand why reformers think the teacher in the room counts for more than a child's home or a school's budget
  • You will learn to judge a success by asking who it still fails
  • You will see how school reform gets pulled by politicians, unions and donors

Who it is for

  • Parents choosing between public and charter schools
  • Teachers and principals caught in reform debates
  • Citizens who vote on school policy and want the backstory

What the summary covers

  1. The Race1 min
  2. Juicy Words1 min
  3. The Epiphanies1 min
  4. Why Teachers Organized1 min
  5. A Nation at Risk1 min
  6. Wendy Kopp's Thesis1 min
  7. The Governors' Summit1 min
  8. Payroll to Payroll1 min
  9. The Capitol Switchboard1 min
  10. The Backlash1 min
  11. A Classroom on the Sidewalk1 min
  12. Good Teaching Matters1 min
  13. The Network1 min
  14. No Child Left Behind1 min
  15. A Parent on Hold1 min
  16. The Union Won't Allow It1 min
  17. Johnston's Detention School1 min
  18. Tilson and the Democrats1 min
  19. An Emerging Political Group1 min
  20. New York Realities1 min
  21. Democrats for Education Reform1 min
  22. The Co location Trap1 min
  23. A New Orleans System of Schools1 min
  24. Johnston's Mapleton School1 min
  25. Eva Moskowitz1 min
  26. Foxes in the Henhouse1 min
  27. Mounting Evidence1 min
  28. A Check for DFER1 min
  29. More Money, Few Changes1 min
  30. Building Harlem Success1 min
  31. Political Revolution1 min
  32. Rhee Goes to Washington1 min
  33. The TEACH Act Stalls1 min
  34. Money Meets Data1 min
  35. Teachers for Hillary1 min
  36. Progress and the Gotcha Squad1 min
  37. A Fundraiser for Clyburn1 min
  38. Faceless Bureaucracy1 min
  39. Reid Returns1 min
  40. Quarantining Data1 min
  41. Climbing the Ladder1 min
  42. Rhee's Choice1 min
  43. Turning Around the USS Gates1 min
  44. The New Democrats1 min
  45. Two Returns to the Classroom1 min
  46. Obama and Rhee1 min
  47. The Transition Memo1 min
  48. A Stimulus Opening1 min
  49. The Chosen Four1 min
  50. Duncan and the Reform Fund1 min
  51. Johnston Leaves the School Building1 min
  52. The Widget Effect1 min
  53. Pittsburgh’s Agreement1 min
  54. Rules for a Public Competition1 min
  55. Outcomes in Colorado1 min
  56. The Contract Escape Clause1 min
  57. The Charter Cap Fight1 min
  58. Weingarten’s Feinberg Gambit1 min
  59. The Lottery Story1 min
  60. Central Falls Fires Its Staff1 min
  61. A Harlem Space Hearing1 min
  62. Ravitch Changes Sides1 min
  63. A Baffling First Round1 min
  64. A Permanent Race1 min
  65. Only Two Winners1 min
  66. Colorado Tries Again1 min
  67. Money Meets Albany1 min
  68. Washington’s Contract1 min
  69. Johnston Builds a Coalition1 min
  70. A New York Evaluation Deal1 min
  71. Colorado Passes Its Bill1 min
  72. The Unions Answer1 min
  73. Room for Weingarten1 min
  74. The Quiet Revolution1 min
  75. Training at Harlem Success1 min
  76. A Wonderful Negotiation1 min
  77. Teacher Data Goes Public1 min
  78. Arne, Here’s the Column You’ve Been Missing1 min
  79. Soaring Dreams, Street Level Politics1 min
  80. Rhee Rejected1 min
  81. I’ll E mail Your Dad and Tell Him1 min
  82. The “Mujahideen” and the Moderates1 min
  83. Punch, Counterpunch1 min
  84. A Marathon, Not a Sprint1 min

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