Peter Dreier’s Favorite Books of 2014

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1. Teacher Ed says:

   December 31, 2014 at 3:27 pm

   Diane, It’s really great to see that your book made his list:

   “Diane Ravitch, Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America’s Public Schools – Historian Ravitch, a former US. Assistant Secretary of Education, is now our leading critic of what she calls the “billionaires boys club” – folks like Bill Gates, the Walton family, Rupert Murdoch, and Eli Broad who use their wealth and political influence to turn public schools into business opportunities. They call it “school reform” but it is really about privatization – charter schools, high-stakes testing, bashing teachers and their unions – and draining students and funding from our public schools. Ravitch makes clear what is right about public education, how policy makers are failing to address the root causes of educational failure, and how we can fix it.”

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2. Justin White says:

   January 4, 2015 at 8:38 pm

   Thanks for this list. It contains several books that I have either read. Several others are on my shelf at home. I see a number of interesting fresh titles that interest me. I too have read The Reign of Error. That was done last winter in concert with a public education advocacy project during some very cold weather!!.

   Congratulations to Professor Dreier for sharing this list and for his work. I have used his articles in a class I teach at a local university.

   Another personal favorite of mine is Michael Katz’s Undeserving Poor. Ironically I am reviewing it currently for possible use in a future class. He was a professor in another department at The University of Pennsylvania when I was in graduate school and I have several of his books. I am sorry to hear that he passed. I was not aware of that until I saw that in Prof. Dreier’s note.

   Thanks again to you both for this list.

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