Cheating Our Kids: How Politics and Greed Ruin Education

by Joe Williams

Journalist Joe Williams shows how parents can use consumer power to put children first, shining light on the special interests controlling our schools, where politics and pork infuse everything and our children's education is compromised. He argues that increased accountability and choice are necessary, and shows how the people can take back the education system, enhancing responsibility inherent in democracy. The solution is a new brand of hardball politics that demands competence from school leaders and shifts the power away from bureaucrats and union leaders to the people who have a the greatest reason to put kids concerned parents. With practical steps and uplifting examples of success, Cheating Our How Politics and Greed Ruin Education is a manifesto to action.

Genres: Politics, Nonfiction, Education

272 pages, Hardcover

First published October 7, 2005

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[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an older book, with more out of date information, but it was informative. Basically what it comes down to is that bureaucracy and red tape have a lot to do with many education systems not being about the students. It should all be about the STUDENTS!

[Shannon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Appalling, inspiring and awesome.