Acknowledgments

I thank my friends, editors, and fellow education activists with whom I have discussed the ideas in this book (apologies to those whom I have neglected to mention): Aaron Jaffe, Aixa Rodriguez, Allison White, Arthur Goldstein, Beth Dimino, Bianca Tanis, Bonnie Beyer, Carol Anne, Carol Burris, Chris Cerrone, Christel Swasey, Christine Zirkelbach, Damon Buffum, Dave Greene, David Johnson, Deborah Brooks, Deborah Meier, Diane Livingston, Diane Ravitch, Edith Baltazar, Edward Ra, Frank Schnecker, Gail Richmond, Gary Lamb, Gary Stern, George Latimer, Glen Dalgleish, Greg Britton, Jamaal Abdul-Alim, Jamaal Bowman, Jeanette Deutermann, Jennifer Fall, Jia Lee, Johann Neem, Julia Rubin, Julie Borst, Karen Braun, Katie Lapham, Katie Zahedi, Kevin Kelly, Kirsten Lombard, Kristin Smith, Laura Mazziotti, Leonie Haimson, Linda Monk, Lisa Litvin, Lisa Rudley, Liz O’Shea, Lori Koerner, Luz Mooney, Mark Naison, Marla Kilfoyle, Marla Schneider, Megan Kilpatrick, Mercedes Schneider, Michael Hynes, Michael Lillis, Mindy Rosier, Nate Morgan, Patrice Maynard, Peter Greene, Priscilla Sanstead, Rebecca Hegenauer, Sam Haselby, Sarah Blaine, Shane Vander Hart, Shannon Joy, Shenila Khoja-Moolji, Susan Polos, Susan Ochshorn, Susan Watson, Suzanne Coyle, Terry Kalb, Tiffany Dunn, Tim Farley, Tim Macdowall, Tricia Farmer, William Germano, Yohuru Williams, Yvonne Gasperino, and Zephyr Teachout.