... a thought-provoking, painstakingly researched account.

In this incisive, meticulously researched book, Ravitch...argues persuasively that the U.S. school privatization movement has resulted in poor test scores, the closure of public schools, and attacks on the teaching profession.

Missing from these pages are the subtle insight and informed judgment for which she was once known.

...it’s like nothing 
I’ve ever read. This is a history torn from the front page.

Ravitch...explores the promises and failures of the charter school movement in this passionate polemic.

[Ravitch's] work is more polemical than journalistic—she is seeking to take down the 'reform' movement’s supporters and sing the praise of its opponents—but nonetheless, it sheds much light on the movement and its problems.

An urgent appeal to prevent the privatization of our public schools.

... [a] fiery takedown.