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Punished for Dreaming: How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal

Top of the pile

82

/100

I Index Overall Rating

Readers

94/100

Critics

53/100

Scholars

99/100

Author:

Bettina L. Love

Publisher:

St. Martin's Press

Date:

September 12, 2023

A reckoning with the impact of 40 years of racist public school policy on generations of Black lives.

What The Reviewers Say

Jenny Hamilton,
Booklist
Punished for Dreaming is an important—though enraging and ­heartbreaking—read..

Publishers Weekly
Detailed and persuasive, this is a must-read for educators..

Kirkus
An impassioned plea for educational justice..