Education Reading List

Kevin P. Chavous has compiled a reading list for those who are interested in learning more about the state of public education.

He recommends the following:

1. The Shape of the River, by William G. Bowen and Derek Bok.
2. The $100,000.00 Teacher, Brian Crosby
3. Adventures of Charter School Creators: Leading from the Ground Up, Terrence Deal and Guilbert Hentschke
4. Charter Schools in Action: Renewing Public Education, Chester E. Finn, Jr.
5. Mayors in the Middle, Jeffrey R. Henig and Wilbur C. Rich.
6. Common Sense School Reform, Frederick Hess.
7. The Economics of School Choice, Caroline M. Hoxby.
8. Simple Justice, Richard Kluger.
9. Creating the Capacity for Change: How and Why Governors and Legislatures are Opening a New-Schools Sector in Public Education, Ted Kolderie.
10. Savage Inequities: Children in America's Schools, Jonathan Kozol.
11. Do What Works: How Proven Practices Can Improve America's Public Schools, Tom Luce and Lee Thompson.
12. Charter Schools: Hope & Opportunity for American Education, Joe Nathan.
13. All Deliberate Speed: Reflections on the First Half Century of Brown vs. Board of Education, Charles J. Ogletree.
14. What Happened to Recess and Why Are Our Children Struggling in Kindergarten? Susan Ohanian.
15. Making Schools Work, William Ouchi.
16. Left Back: A Century of Battles Over School Reform, Diana Ravitch.
17. Possible Lives: The Promise of Public Education in America, Mike Rose.
18. Hard Lessons, The Promise of an Inner City Charter School, Jonathan Schorr.
19. Breaking Free: Public School Lessons and the Imperative of School Choice, Sol Stern.
20. No Excuses: Closing the Racial Gap in Learning, Abigail and Stephan Thernstrom.