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Nonfiction books about class in the American education system.

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1	The Rage of Innocence: How America Criminalizes Black Youth by Kristin Henning (Goodreads Author) 4.56 avg rating — 499 ratings score: 599, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Five Practices for Equity-Focused School Leadership by Sharon I Radd 4.19 avg rating — 100 ratings score: 495, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire 4.30 avg rating — 41,111 ratings score: 398, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Stuck Improving: Racial Equity and School Leadership by Decoteau J. Irby (Goodreads Author) 4.34 avg rating — 32 ratings score: 398, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	The Orphan Conspiracies: 29 Conspiracy Theories from The Orphan Trilogy by James Morcan (Goodreads Author) 3.84 avg rating — 452 ratings score: 300, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools by Jonathan Kozol 4.26 avg rating — 19,078 ratings score: 292, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Literacy with an Attitude: Educating Working-Class Children in Their Own Self-Interest by Patrick J. Finn 3.94 avg rating — 292 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	The Perils of "Privilege": Why Injustice Can't Be Solved by Accusing Others of Advantage by Phoebe Maltz Bovy (Goodreads Author) 3.35 avg rating — 202 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Schooling in Capitalist America: Educational Reform and the Contradictions of Economic Life by Samuel Bowles 4.23 avg rating — 231 ratings score: 195, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Class Rules: Exposing Inequality in American High Schools (Multicultural Education Series) by Peter W. Cookson Jr. (Goodreads Author) 3.73 avg rating — 26 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Pedagogy of Hope: Reliving Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire 4.27 avg rating — 929 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Breaking the Silence: My Final Forty Days as a Public School Teacher by M. Shannon Hernandez (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 48 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	A-Moms: How to Raise Competitive Award-Winning Students by Marion Shaw (Goodreads Author) 3.75 avg rating — 12 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Education and Capitalism: Struggles for Learning and Liberation by Sarah Knopp (Editor) 4.30 avg rating — 138 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Schooled!: Based on one lawyer’s true-life successes, failures, frustrations, and heartbreaks while teaching in the New York City public school system. (1) by Matthew Rockwood (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 16 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 116,756 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	The Fight for Freedom by Marcus Ferrar (Goodreads Author) 3.87 avg rating — 31 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Garbage Bag Suitcase: A Memoir by Shenandoah Chefalo (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 1,070 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	McDonaldization Society by Ian Tinny really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Bridges to Heal US: Stories and Strategies for Racial Healing by Erin Jones 4.39 avg rating — 125 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	We Don't Want YOU, Uncle Sam: Examining the Military Recruiting Crisis with Generation Z by Matthew Weiss (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 62 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Doing the Work of Equity Leadership for Justice and Systems Change by Decoteau J. Irby (Goodreads Author) (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Fighting for a Foothold: How Government and Markets Undermine Black Middle-Class Suburbia by Angela Simms 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Psychological Richness As Breakthrough: Stuck in the Tunnel of Success by Hubert J.M. Hermans it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 87 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	11th Hour Awakening: An Evolutionary Guide to a New Humanity by Anamikos (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 19 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Hindi Dalit Literature in the United Provinces: Swami Acchutanand and Chandrika Prasad Jigyasu, 1900-1930 by Tapan Basu 4.89 avg rating — 27 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	A Sense of Urgency: One Lawyer's Journey to Fix Companies and Institutions That Injure and Kill by Windle Turley 4.85 avg rating — 47 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Ideology and Curriculum by Michael W. Apple 4.04 avg rating — 183 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	The Hidden Curriculum by M. D. Benson R. Snyder 3.69 avg rating — 16 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Lies My Teacher Told Me: Swastikas, Nazis, Pledge of Allegiance Lies Exposed by Rex Curry and Francis & Edward Bellamy by Micky Barnetti 2.82 avg rating — 22 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Doing the Work of Equity Leadership for Justice and Systems Change by Decoteau J. Irby (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Educated Out: How Rural Students Navigate Elite Colleges—And What It Costs Them by Mara Casey Tieken 4.18 avg rating — 17 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	A Marxist Education: Learning to Change the World by Wayne Au (Goodreads Author) 4.39 avg rating — 109 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	The Adolescent Society: The Social Life of the Teenager and its Impact on Education by James S. Coleman 3.38 avg rating — 8 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	How Schools Make Race: Teaching Latinx Racialization in America by Laura C. Chavez-Moreno (Goodreads Author) 4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Preparing for Power: America's Elite Boarding Schools by Peter W. Cookson Jr. (Goodreads Author) 3.70 avg rating — 93 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Black Woman on Board: Claudia Hampton, the California State University, and the Fight to Save Affirmative Action (Gender and Race in American History, 9) by Donna J. Nicol (Goodreads Author) 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Privilege: Harvard and the Education of the Ruling Class by Ross Douthat 3.42 avg rating — 345 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Socialization and social class (Prentice-Hall sociology series) by Alan C. Kerckhoff it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life by Annette Lareau 4.16 avg rating — 3,538 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Tracking Inequality: Stratification and Mobility in American High Schools (Sociology of Education Series) by Samuel R. Lucas 3.29 avg rating — 7 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Keeping Track: How Schools Structure Inequality by Jeannie Oakes 4.05 avg rating — 135 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Class And Schools: Using Social, Economic, And Educational Reform To Close The Black-white... by Richard Rothstein 3.87 avg rating — 149 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Tearing Down the Gates: Confronting the Class Divide in American Education by Peter Sacks (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 88 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars