"One of the most important books on education to come along in years." -- New York Times Book Review
A New York Times Notable Book - A Best Book of the Year, the Washington Post, the Atlantic, The New Yorker, and Publishers Weekly - A Best History Book of 2015, Amazon - Finalist for the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize - Finalist for the Bernstein Award - Winner of the New Jersey Studies Academic Alliance Authors Award
"Impeccably researched . . . Russakoff pulls readers in with richly drawn real-world characters." --...
"One of the most important books on education to come along in years." -- New York Times Book Review
