Books by Kevin P. Chavous
Serving our Children:
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Kevin P. Chavous' first book, Serving Our Children: Charter Schools and the Reform of American Public Education, is a groundbreaking treatment of how the charter school concept can jump start education reform in America. Mr. Chavous' book has been consistently praised by both educators and book critics.
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Voices of Determination:
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Voices of Determination tells the stories of ten children who overcame extraordinarily difficult circumstances to get an education and end the cycle of generational poverty. It debunks the myth that children are victims of circumstance. In this moving work, Kevin P. Chavous argues that children can and will succeed if adults responsible for the system provide them with the education they crave and so richly deserve.
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Building a Learning Culture in America
Here in America we need to shift the conversation form one about failing schools and flatlined achievement gaps to one which generated excitement about learning among our children and communities. We need to do a cultural pivot. Everything we say and do about education and learning in America must become aspirational in tone and content. We need an America where learning becomes infectious. We need an America where the models that work, be they public, private, charter, digital or home schooling, are lifted to higher acclaim. And we need an America where parents and children are at the front of the discussion as opposed to the end of it.
A large part of building the new American education culture requires a conscious effort to take politics out of the education discussion. Our sole focus should be to create a national obsession around learning that transcends the politics of the day. Through this effort, we can develop a new brand of nationalism that has not been witnessed by most Americans.
It is time for us to get excited about the future of education. It is time for us to celebrate what is possible rather than what is not. It is time for a different approach to learning. It is time for us to develop personal and national pride around learning in America. This is my learning manifesto.
- Preface from Building A learning Culture in America
A large part of building the new American education culture requires a conscious effort to take politics out of the education discussion. Our sole focus should be to create a national obsession around learning that transcends the politics of the day. Through this effort, we can develop a new brand of nationalism that has not been witnessed by most Americans.
It is time for us to get excited about the future of education. It is time for us to celebrate what is possible rather than what is not. It is time for a different approach to learning. It is time for us to develop personal and national pride around learning in America. This is my learning manifesto.
- Preface from Building A learning Culture in America
The Plan
In this pulse pounding political thriller, Jackson Lowery, a college professor and former D.C. prosecutor, is on the run and wanted for murder. He is accused of killing his student, Amy Duncan, daughter of presidential hopeful and Senator Rex Duncan, just days after beginning a secret relationship with her. Jackson becomes entangled in a deadly cover-up and an elaborate web of lies by a highly organized, deeply connected white supremacist group set on creating a society in which ethnic and racial cleansing run rampant.
As Jackson learns more about why Amy was killed and who is behind the plan, it is soon clear that it is up to him and a few unlikely allies to identify Amy’s killers and expose the plot which led to her death. If they fail, a million kids will die. In the midst of this unrelenting life or death struggle and facing his own self doubts, Jackson and his team prepare for the final showdown with those who could destroy America. To read more visit https://kevinpchavous.net/.
As Jackson learns more about why Amy was killed and who is behind the plan, it is soon clear that it is up to him and a few unlikely allies to identify Amy’s killers and expose the plot which led to her death. If they fail, a million kids will die. In the midst of this unrelenting life or death struggle and facing his own self doubts, Jackson and his team prepare for the final showdown with those who could destroy America. To read more visit https://kevinpchavous.net/.
The Fund
In this stunning, action-packed follow up to THE PLAN, someone is killing the homeless in America’s largest cities. Whoever it is has the technology and access to stay one step ahead of the police. Do the killings relate to a proposed urban renewal fund being debated by Congress, designed, in part, to help the homeless? Or could this be a copycat Plan? Or something else entirely?
Frustrated and stymied, the FBI asks Jackson Lowery and his team to find out who is behind the killings, leading them on a high stakes, nail-biting game of cat and mouse with a psychotic killer fueled by torture and murder. This harrowing and gritty 2nd installment of the Jackson Lowery Trilogy series pushes Jackson and his team to their very limits, forcing them to do whatever it takes to stop the killers before it’s too late. To read more visit https://kevinpchavous.net/.
THe shipment
This final chapter in the Jackson Lowery Trilogy offers a roller coaster ride of gripping tension, suspense and action unlike anything the team has ever faced.
For years, the C.I.A. has been trying to find out the identity of Mr. X, an American businessman responsible for organizing the largest sex trafficking ring in the world. Mr. X’s identity has been shielded by a vast network of organized criminals, including the Russian mafia. A breakthrough occurs when an undercover C.I.A. agent learns about Mr. X’s infatuation with Elena, a beautiful Croatian girl brazenly kidnapped from her family. When Mr. X finds out that Elena is set be sold to a Saudi prince, he voids the sale and develops plans to have Elena shipped to him in the states.
Knowing that Elena can identify Mr. X, U.S. officials enlist Jackson Lowery and his team for help. They need Team Jackson to extract Elena from Mr. X’s transporters as soon as they enter the United States. The problem is that neither the C.I.A. or F.B.I. are sure where Elena’s kidnappers will enter into the country. With no time to waste, Jackson and his team must find the transporters’ U.S. entry point, rescue Elena and get to Mr. X. The result is a rip-roaring, pressure filled game of chase between Jackson Lowery and those responsible for the most elaborate sex trafficking ring in the world. The mission is clear: In order to stop the growth of one of the most destructive practices known to modern human civilization, Jackson Lowery and his team must prevail.To read more visit https://kevinpchavous.net/.
For years, the C.I.A. has been trying to find out the identity of Mr. X, an American businessman responsible for organizing the largest sex trafficking ring in the world. Mr. X’s identity has been shielded by a vast network of organized criminals, including the Russian mafia. A breakthrough occurs when an undercover C.I.A. agent learns about Mr. X’s infatuation with Elena, a beautiful Croatian girl brazenly kidnapped from her family. When Mr. X finds out that Elena is set be sold to a Saudi prince, he voids the sale and develops plans to have Elena shipped to him in the states.
Knowing that Elena can identify Mr. X, U.S. officials enlist Jackson Lowery and his team for help. They need Team Jackson to extract Elena from Mr. X’s transporters as soon as they enter the United States. The problem is that neither the C.I.A. or F.B.I. are sure where Elena’s kidnappers will enter into the country. With no time to waste, Jackson and his team must find the transporters’ U.S. entry point, rescue Elena and get to Mr. X. The result is a rip-roaring, pressure filled game of chase between Jackson Lowery and those responsible for the most elaborate sex trafficking ring in the world. The mission is clear: In order to stop the growth of one of the most destructive practices known to modern human civilization, Jackson Lowery and his team must prevail.To read more visit https://kevinpchavous.net/.