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1. 1. The Language Police

   How Pressure Groups Restrict What Students Learn

   

   A journalistic investigation into how pressure groups and political agendas shape K–12 curricula and classroom materials, documenting instances of book bans, textbook sanitization, and euphemistic language used to avoid controversial topics. It argues that censorship and self-censorship by school officials narrow students' exposure to ideas, distort history and literature, and undermine intellectual freedom, and calls for public vigilance to protect honest teaching and open inquiry.

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2. 2. Reign Of Error

   The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America's Public Schools

   

   An impassioned critique of recent U.S. education “reforms,” arguing that market-driven policies — high-stakes standardized testing, accountability measures, charter expansion, vouchers, and privatization — have failed to raise student achievement and have undermined public schools, demoralized teachers, narrowed curricula, and widened inequality. The book traces the rise of this movement, challenges the evidence used to justify it, and exposes corporate and philanthropic influence while documenting harmful consequences like gaming, school closures, and loss of professional autonomy. It calls for rebuilding democratic public education through respect for teachers, broader measures of learning, equitable funding, community engagement, and policies that address poverty rather than blaming educators.

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3. 3. The Death And Life Of The Great American School System

   How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education

   

   A spirited critique of market-driven education reform that argues high-stakes testing, accountability measures, and privatization have harmed public schools; the author recounts a change of heart from supporting test-and-punish policies to defending traditional public education, presenting evidence that many charter and voucher programs underperform, standardized testing narrows the curriculum, and corporate-style reforms overlook teachers, funding inequities, and community needs. The book calls for reducing reliance on high-stakes tests, restoring respect and professional support for teachers, investing in equitable funding and proven instructional practices, and reclaiming public schools as democratic institutions that serve all children.

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