🏫 Failing Schools

Urgent examinations of educational systems in crisis—underfunded, inequitable, and failing the students who need them most. These books diagnose what's broken and imagine what repair might look like.

I Got Schooled

by M. Night Shyamalan • 2013

Five data-backed patterns that close America's education gap, from a filmmaker who hunted them down.

3.67

324

📉 Achievement Gap 🔧 Education Reform 📊 Data-Driven Instruction

I Got Schooled 89%

Five data-backed patterns that close America's education gap, from a filmmaker who hunted them down.

by M. Night Shyamalan 2013

3.67

324 ratings

📉 Achievement Gap 🔧 Education Reform 📊 Data-Driven Instruction

The Death and Life of the Great American School System

by Diane Ravitch • 2010

Accountability was meant to fix schools. An insider shows how it broke them instead.

4.05

6k+

📋 Education Policy 🏫 Public Education 📝 Standardized Testing

The Death and Life of the Great American School System Summary

The Death and Life of the Great American School System 89%

Accountability was meant to fix schools. An insider shows how it broke them instead.

by Diane Ravitch 2010

4.05

6k+ ratings

📋 Education Policy 🏫 Public Education 📝 Standardized Testing

Slaying Goliath

by Diane Ravitch • 2020

Billionaires spent billions to privatize public schools. Teachers and parents fought back and won.

3.81

425

🏫 Public Education 💼 School Privatization 📝 High-Stakes Testing

Slaying Goliath 89%

Billionaires spent billions to privatize public schools. Teachers and parents fought back and won.

by Diane Ravitch 2020

3.81

425 ratings

🏫 Public Education 💼 School Privatization 📝 High-Stakes Testing

None of the Above

by Shani Robinson • 2019

An Atlanta teacher indicted for cheating tells what the trial never let her say.

3.94

190

🏫 Public Education 📝 High-Stakes Testing ⛓️ School-To-Prison Pipeline

None of the Above 89%

An Atlanta teacher indicted for cheating tells what the trial never let her say.

by Shani Robinson 2019

3.94

190 ratings

🏫 Public Education 📝 High-Stakes Testing ⛓️ School-To-Prison Pipeline

Why School? Reclaiming Education for All of Us

by Mike Rose • 2009

Carpenters think as hard as professors. School built on that truth would look nothing like today's.

3.66

467

🏫 Education Reform 📝 Standardized Testing 🏛️ Public Education

Why School? Reclaiming Education for All of Us Summary

Why School? Reclaiming Education for All of Us 89%

Carpenters think as hard as professors. School built on that truth would look nothing like today's.

by Mike Rose 2009

3.66

467 ratings

🏫 Education Reform 📝 Standardized Testing 🏛️ Public Education

Educational Courage

by Mara Sapon-Shevin • 2012

Public schools gutted by testing and privatization: a refusal playbook for teachers and parents.

3.84

📚 Public Education 📝 Standardized Testing ✊ Teacher Resistance

Educational Courage 89%

Public schools gutted by testing and privatization: a refusal playbook for teachers and parents.

by Mara Sapon-Shevin 2012

3.84

19 ratings

📚 Public Education 📝 Standardized Testing ✊ Teacher Resistance

Anti-Racist Educational Leadership and Policy

by Sarah Diem • 2020

School choice, testing, and colorblind discipline don't fix inequity. They weren't designed to.

4.53

🏛️ Education Policy 🏫 Educational Leadership ✊ Anti-Racist Education

Anti-Racist Educational Leadership and Policy Summary

Anti-Racist Educational Leadership and Policy 89%

School choice, testing, and colorblind discipline don't fix inequity. They weren't designed to.

by Sarah Diem 2020

4.53

15 ratings

🏛️ Education Policy 🏫 Educational Leadership ✊ Anti-Racist Education

Dumbing Us Down - 25th Anniversary Hardback Edition

by John Taylor Gatto • 2002

An award-winning teacher walked away. His reason: the system is designed to crush independence.

4.14

12k+

🌱 Alternative Education 🏫 Compulsory Schooling 📝 Hidden Curriculum

Dumbing Us Down - 25th Anniversary Hardback Edition Summary

Dumbing Us Down - 25th Anniversary Hardback Edition 88%

An award-winning teacher walked away. His reason: the system is designed to crush independence.

by John Taylor Gatto 2002

4.14

12k+ ratings

🌱 Alternative Education 🏫 Compulsory Schooling 📝 Hidden Curriculum

The Boy Who Could Change the World

by Aaron Swartz • 2015

Schools were built to kill your curiosity. A radical vision for learning differently.

4.21

477

🏠 Unschooling 🏛️ Deschooling 🕵️ Hidden Curriculum

The Boy Who Could Change the World Summary

The Boy Who Could Change the World 88%

Schools were built to kill your curiosity. A radical vision for learning differently.

by Aaron Swartz 2015

4.21

477 ratings

🏠 Unschooling 🏛️ Deschooling 🕵️ Hidden Curriculum

The Teachers

by Alexandra Robbins • 2023

A year inside the lives of three teachers who leave their own kids to teach yours.

4.17

4k+

📚 Public Schools 📋 Education Reform 🔥 Teacher Burnout

The Teachers 88%

A year inside the lives of three teachers who leave their own kids to teach yours.

by Alexandra Robbins 2023

4.17

4k+ ratings

📚 Public Schools 📋 Education Reform 🔥 Teacher Burnout

Creating Tomorrow's Schools Today

by Richard Gerver • 2010

The factory model still runs our schools. A headteacher's plan to make learning irresistible.

4.10

127

🏫 Education Reform 🤝 Student Engagement 💡 Embracing Failure

Creating Tomorrow's Schools Today Summary

Creating Tomorrow's Schools Today 88%

The factory model still runs our schools. A headteacher's plan to make learning irresistible.

by Richard Gerver 2010

4.10

127 ratings

🏫 Education Reform 🤝 Student Engagement 💡 Embracing Failure

Finnish Lessons

by Pasi Sahlberg • 2011

No standardized tests, no private schools, no tracking: how Finland built the world's best schools.

3.90

836

🏛️ Education Equity 🍎 Teacher Professionalism 🌍 Comparative Education

Finnish Lessons 88%

No standardized tests, no private schools, no tracking: how Finland built the world's best schools.

by Pasi Sahlberg 2011

3.90

836 ratings

🏛️ Education Equity 🍎 Teacher Professionalism 🌍 Comparative Education

Weapons of Mass Instruction

by John Taylor Gatto • 2008

A state Teacher of the Year quit to expose what schools really teach: obedience, not intelligence.

4.23

4k+

🏫 Compulsory Schooling 🌱 Alternative Education 🏠 Unschooling

Weapons of Mass Instruction 88%

A state Teacher of the Year quit to expose what schools really teach: obedience, not intelligence.

by John Taylor Gatto 2008

4.23

4k+ ratings

🏫 Compulsory Schooling 🌱 Alternative Education 🏠 Unschooling

Loving Learning

by Tom Little • 2015

American schools got hooked on standardized tests. The antidote began in 1919.

3.88

209

📚 Progressive Education 🔄 Education Reform 👧 Child-Centered Learning

Loving Learning 88%

American schools got hooked on standardized tests. The antidote began in 1919.

by Tom Little 2015

3.88

209 ratings

📚 Progressive Education 🔄 Education Reform 👧 Child-Centered Learning

Failure to Disrupt

by Justin Reich • 2020

Every new classroom technology gets absorbed into old routines. The real barrier was never the tech.

4.23

252

💻 Educational Technology 🔍 Edtech Critique 🌐 Online Learning

Failure to Disrupt 88%

Every new classroom technology gets absorbed into old routines. The real barrier was never the tech.

by Justin Reich 2020

4.23

252 ratings

💻 Educational Technology 🔍 Edtech Critique 🌐 Online Learning

Beyond Test Scores

by Jack Schneider • 2017

Test scores mostly rate a school's zip code, not its teaching. A better framework exists.

4.13

🏛️ Education Policy 📝 Testing Reform 🌱 Whole Child Education

Beyond Test Scores 88%

Test scores mostly rate a school's zip code, not its teaching. A better framework exists.

by Jack Schneider 2017

4.13

53 ratings

🏛️ Education Policy 📝 Testing Reform 🌱 Whole Child Education

In Search of Deeper Learning

by Jal Mehta • 2019

The richest learning in high school happens after the bell, in theater, debate, and journalism.

4.31

320

🔄 Education Reform 🏫 High School Education 🌱 Progressive Education

In Search of Deeper Learning 88%

The richest learning in high school happens after the bell, in theater, debate, and journalism.

by Jal Mehta 2019

4.31

320 ratings

🔄 Education Reform 🏫 High School Education 🌱 Progressive Education

School Culture Rewired

by Steve Gruenert • 2015

School's unwritten rules outweigh written policy. Here is how to measure and reshape them.

3.82

451

🏫 School Culture 👨‍🏫 Educational Leadership 🏢 Organizational Culture

School Culture Rewired 88%

School's unwritten rules outweigh written policy. Here is how to measure and reshape them.

by Steve Gruenert 2015

3.82

451 ratings

🏫 School Culture 👨‍🏫 Educational Leadership 🏢 Organizational Culture

Excellent Sheep

by William Deresiewicz • 2014

Elite universities promise merit; they deliver a system that rewards compliance over curiosity.

3.88

7k+

🎓 Higher Education ⚖️ Meritocracy Critique 💸 Class Privilege

Excellent Sheep 88%

Elite universities promise merit; they deliver a system that rewards compliance over curiosity.

by William Deresiewicz 2014

3.88

7k+ ratings

🎓 Higher Education ⚖️ Meritocracy Critique 💸 Class Privilege

How to Educate a Citizen

by E.D. Hirsch Jr. • 2020

Shared knowledge once held America together. Schools abandoned it. Evidence shows it's reversible.

3.80

430

🔧 Education Reform 📋 Curriculum Design 🏛️ Civic Education

How to Educate a Citizen 88%

Shared knowledge once held America together. Schools abandoned it. Evidence shows it's reversible.

by E.D. Hirsch Jr. 2020

3.80

430 ratings

🔧 Education Reform 📋 Curriculum Design 🏛️ Civic Education

The College Scam

by Charlie Kirk • 2022

Your degree is a debt sentence and an ideological straitjacket. Here's how to win without one.

4.18

605

🏛️ College Skepticism 💰 Student Debt Crisis 🎤 Campus Free Speech

The College Scam 88%

Your degree is a debt sentence and an ideological straitjacket. Here's how to win without one.

by Charlie Kirk 2022

4.18

605 ratings

🏛️ College Skepticism 💰 Student Debt Crisis 🎤 Campus Free Speech

The Knowledge Gap

by Natalie Wexler • 2019

Kids drill reading skills for years without history or science. That is the reading crisis.

4.13

6k+

📖 Reading Instruction 🔧 Education Reform 📊 Achievement Gap

The Knowledge Gap 88%

Kids drill reading skills for years without history or science. That is the reading crisis.

by Natalie Wexler 2019

4.13

6k+ ratings

📖 Reading Instruction 🔧 Education Reform 📊 Achievement Gap

The Secret Teacher

by Anonymous • 2018

Reading aloud was his rebellion. An anonymous teacher tells the truth about the classroom.

3.72

1k+

🏙️ Urban Schools 🇬🇧 Uk Education System 🍎 Classroom Memoir

The Secret Teacher 88%

Reading aloud was his rebellion. An anonymous teacher tells the truth about the classroom.

by Anonymous 2018

3.72

1k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Schools 🇬🇧 Uk Education System 🍎 Classroom Memoir

Transforming School Culture

by Anthony Muhammad • 2009

Your school's real problem isn't the curriculum. It's a clash between four belief systems.

4.08

673

🏫 School Culture 👩‍🏫 School Leadership 🔄 Transformational Leadership

Transforming School Culture 87%

Your school's real problem isn't the curriculum. It's a clash between four belief systems.

by Anthony Muhammad 2009

4.08

673 ratings

🏫 School Culture 👩‍🏫 School Leadership 🔄 Transformational Leadership

Teach Your Own

by John C. Holt • 1981

Schools have become a prison for the mind; the case for breaking out and teaching your own.

4.09

2k+

🏡 Homeschooling 🌿 Unschooling 👪 Parental Rights

Teach Your Own 87%

Schools have become a prison for the mind; the case for breaking out and teaching your own.

by John C. Holt 1981

4.09

2k+ ratings

🏡 Homeschooling 🌿 Unschooling 👪 Parental Rights

Hard Questions on Global Educational Change

by Pasi Sahlberg • 2016

School reform keeps failing because America borrows the policies but not the systems behind them.

4.12

📋 Education Policy 🌍 Comparative Education 🔄 School Reform

Hard Questions on Global Educational Change Summary

Hard Questions on Global Educational Change 87%

School reform keeps failing because America borrows the policies but not the systems behind them.

by Pasi Sahlberg 2016

4.12

17 ratings

📋 Education Policy 🌍 Comparative Education 🔄 School Reform

The Students are Watching

by Theodore R. Sizer • 1999

The way a school runs teaches morality more powerfully than any lesson. Kids notice everything.

3.53

277

🧱 Educational Philosophy 🧭 Moral Development ⚖️ Character Education

The Students are Watching 87%

The way a school runs teaches morality more powerfully than any lesson. Kids notice everything.

by Theodore R. Sizer 1999

3.53

277 ratings

🧱 Educational Philosophy 🧭 Moral Development ⚖️ Character Education

Grading for Equity

by Joe Feldman • 2018

Traditional grades sort kids for factories. Here's how to measure learning, not compliance.

4.19

2k+

📊 Grading Reform ⚖️ Education Equity 📐 Standards-Based Grading

Grading for Equity 87%

Traditional grades sort kids for factories. Here's how to measure learning, not compliance.

by Joe Feldman 2018

4.19

2k+ ratings

📊 Grading Reform ⚖️ Education Equity 📐 Standards-Based Grading

Creative Schools

by Ken Robinson • 2015

The best schools work like gardens, not factories. A tour of ones that made the switch.

4.10

4k+

🏫 Education Reform 🎯 Personalized Learning ✨ Creativity In Education

Creative Schools 87%

The best schools work like gardens, not factories. A tour of ones that made the switch.

by Ken Robinson 2015

4.10

4k+ ratings

🏫 Education Reform 🎯 Personalized Learning ✨ Creativity In Education

Why Race and Culture Matter in Schools

by Tyrone C. Howard • 2010

Race predicts who gets suspended, tracked, and left behind. The best schools don't ignore it.

4.13

165

⚖️ Educational Equity 📉 Achievement Gap 🧑‍🏫 Culturally Responsive Teaching

Why Race and Culture Matter in Schools Summary

Why Race and Culture Matter in Schools 87%

Race predicts who gets suspended, tracked, and left behind. The best schools don't ignore it.

by Tyrone C. Howard 2010

4.13

165 ratings

⚖️ Educational Equity 📉 Achievement Gap 🧑‍🏫 Culturally Responsive Teaching

Engaging Students with Poverty in Mind

by Eric Jensen • 2013

The classroom moves that overcome poverty's grip on learning, even when motivation is scarce.

4.09

858

💸 Poverty And Education 🎒 Student Engagement 🏃 Active Learning

Engaging Students with Poverty in Mind Summary

Engaging Students with Poverty in Mind 87%

The classroom moves that overcome poverty's grip on learning, even when motivation is scarce.

by Eric Jensen 2013

4.09

858 ratings

💸 Poverty And Education 🎒 Student Engagement 🏃 Active Learning

Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Dragon?

by Yong Zhao • 2014

China's schools ace tests and kill creativity. Western reformers now race to import the same trade.

3.94

203

📚 Education Systems 📝 Standardized Testing 🌍 Comparative Education

Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Dragon? Summary

Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Dragon? 87%

China's schools ace tests and kill creativity. Western reformers now race to import the same trade.

by Yong Zhao 2014

3.94

203 ratings

📚 Education Systems 📝 Standardized Testing 🌍 Comparative Education

The Smartest Kids in the World

by Amanda Ripley • 2013

Not bake sales or gadgets: three American teens saw what makes the world's smartest students.

4.06

15k+

🧭 Comparative Education 📋 Education Policy 👩‍🏫 Teacher Quality

The Smartest Kids in the World 87%

Not bake sales or gadgets: three American teens saw what makes the world's smartest students.

by Amanda Ripley 2013

4.06

15k+ ratings

🧭 Comparative Education 📋 Education Policy 👩‍🏫 Teacher Quality

Grading Smarter, Not Harder

by Myron Dueck • 2014

Zeros punish the struggling. The grading strategies that measure learning instead.

3.81

415

🔧 Assessment Design 🧭 Grading Reform 📊 Standards-Based Grading

Grading Smarter, Not Harder 87%

Zeros punish the struggling. The grading strategies that measure learning instead.

by Myron Dueck 2014

3.81

415 ratings

🔧 Assessment Design 🧭 Grading Reform 📊 Standards-Based Grading

Young, Gifted, and Black

by Theresa Perry • 2003

Forget the white-Black comparison. The real gap is between African American students and excellence.

4.04

322

📏 Achievement Gap 📚 Black Education 🏫 Culturally Responsive Pedagogy

Young, Gifted, and Black 87%

Forget the white-Black comparison. The real gap is between African American students and excellence.

by Theresa Perry 2003

4.04

322 ratings

📏 Achievement Gap 📚 Black Education 🏫 Culturally Responsive Pedagogy

Personalizing 21st Century Education

by Dan Domenech • 2016

One-size-fits-all education is failing. How to rebuild schools around each student's needs and pace.

4.33

🏫 Education Reform 🧩 Personalized Learning 👨‍🎓 Student-Centered Learning

Personalizing 21st Century Education Summary

Personalizing 21st Century Education 87%

One-size-fits-all education is failing. How to rebuild schools around each student's needs and pace.

by Dan Domenech 2016

4.33

9 ratings

🏫 Education Reform 🧩 Personalized Learning 👨‍🎓 Student-Centered Learning

College Unbound

by Jeffrey J. Selingo • 2013

Only half of college students graduate, debt tops a trillion, and the model is being unmade.

3.79

2k+

🏛️ Higher Education Reform 💸 Student Debt Crisis 📋 Competency-Based Education

College Unbound 87%

Only half of college students graduate, debt tops a trillion, and the model is being unmade.

by Jeffrey J. Selingo 2013

3.79

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Higher Education Reform 💸 Student Debt Crisis 📋 Competency-Based Education

Paper Belt on Fire

by Michael Gibson • 2022

Progress died in the 1970s. A venture fund now bets on dropouts to revive it.

3.88

160

🎓 Credentialism 📉 Technological Stagnation 💰 Venture Capital

Paper Belt on Fire 87%

Progress died in the 1970s. A venture fund now bets on dropouts to revive it.

by Michael Gibson 2022

3.88

160 ratings

🎓 Credentialism 📉 Technological Stagnation 💰 Venture Capital

Troublemakers

by Carla Shalaby • 2017

Disruptive kids are the classroom's alarm system. Silencing them only makes the air more toxic.

4.23

3k+

🚸 Classroom Discipline 🌱 Progressive Education 🧒 Early Childhood Education

Troublemakers 87%

Disruptive kids are the classroom's alarm system. Silencing them only makes the air more toxic.

by Carla Shalaby 2017

4.23

3k+ ratings

🚸 Classroom Discipline 🌱 Progressive Education 🧒 Early Childhood Education

Ain't No Makin' It

by Jay MacLeod • 2008

One group believed hard work would save them; the other didn't. Class position decided their fates.

4.07

1k+

🏙️ Urban Poverty 📝 Ethnographic Sociology ⚖️ Class Inequality

Ain't No Makin' It 87%

One group believed hard work would save them; the other didn't. Class position decided their fates.

by Jay MacLeod 2008

4.07

1k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Poverty 📝 Ethnographic Sociology ⚖️ Class Inequality

The Glass Bead Game

by Hermann Hesse • 1943

Online learning and rising costs disrupt the university model, forcing a choice: reform or decline.

4.10

43k+

📖 Higher Education Reform 💡 Disruptive Innovation 💻 Online Learning

The Glass Bead Game 87%

Online learning and rising costs disrupt the university model, forcing a choice: reform or decline.

by Hermann Hesse 1943

4.10

43k+ ratings

📖 Higher Education Reform 💡 Disruptive Innovation 💻 Online Learning

Mindsets in the Classroom

by Mary Cay Ricci • 2013

Teach kids their brains are like muscles, and effort replaces helplessness. A school-wide blueprint.

3.90

831

🎯 Student Motivation 📋 Classroom Strategies 🗣️ Effort-Based Praise

Mindsets in the Classroom 87%

Teach kids their brains are like muscles, and effort replaces helplessness. A school-wide blueprint.

by Mary Cay Ricci 2013

3.90

831 ratings

🎯 Student Motivation 📋 Classroom Strategies 🗣️ Effort-Based Praise

The New Meaning of Educational Change

by Michael Fullan • 1991

Mandates change nothing unless a school's culture changes first. That takes years.

3.80

287

🏫 School Reform 📈 Educational Leadership 🤝 Teacher Collaboration

The New Meaning of Educational Change Summary

The New Meaning of Educational Change 87%

Mandates change nothing unless a school's culture changes first. That takes years.

by Michael Fullan 1991

3.80

287 ratings

🏫 School Reform 📈 Educational Leadership 🤝 Teacher Collaboration

21st Century Skills

by James A. Bellanca • 2010

The economy rewards what schools never taught: creativity, collaboration, and navigating complexity.

3.89

151

🔄 Educational Reform 📚 Progressive Education 🛠️ Project-Based Learning

21st Century Skills 87%

The economy rewards what schools never taught: creativity, collaboration, and navigating complexity.

by James A. Bellanca 2010

3.89

151 ratings

🔄 Educational Reform 📚 Progressive Education 🛠️ Project-Based Learning

Schools That Learn (Updated and Revised)

by Peter M. Senge • 2011

A classroom can think, adapt, and grow. The guide to making it happen.

4.08

395

🔄 Systems Thinking 🏫 Learning Organizations 📚 School Reform

Schools That Learn (Updated and Revised) Summary

Schools That Learn (Updated and Revised) 87%

A classroom can think, adapt, and grow. The guide to making it happen.

by Peter M. Senge 2011

4.08

395 ratings

🔄 Systems Thinking 🏫 Learning Organizations 📚 School Reform

The Real World of College

by Wendy Fischman • 2022

Half want a degree, not an education. The other half are too anxious to think.

3.86

🎓 Higher Education Reform 🏛️ College Culture 🧠 Mental Health On Campus

The Real World of College 87%

Half want a degree, not an education. The other half are too anxious to think.

by Wendy Fischman 2022

3.86

50 ratings

🎓 Higher Education Reform 🏛️ College Culture 🧠 Mental Health On Campus

Disrupting Class

by Clayton M. Christensen • 2008

Factory schools resist reform. Online learning will disrupt them, starting where they offer nothing.

3.86

2k+

🏫 K-12 Education 🔧 Education Reform 💡 Innovation Strategy

Disrupting Class 87%

Factory schools resist reform. Online learning will disrupt them, starting where they offer nothing.

by Clayton M. Christensen 2008

3.86

2k+ ratings

🏫 K-12 Education 🔧 Education Reform 💡 Innovation Strategy

The Race between Education and Technology

by Claudia Goldin • 2008

The 20th century's inequality curve has a single engine: how fast education kept pace with machines.

3.81

189

📈 Economic History 🏫 Education Policy 👷 Human Capital

The Race between Education and Technology Summary

The Race between Education and Technology 87%

The 20th century's inequality curve has a single engine: how fast education kept pace with machines.

by Claudia Goldin 2008

3.81

189 ratings

📈 Economic History 🏫 Education Policy 👷 Human Capital

The End of College

by Kevin Carey • 2015

The university was built on a flawed compromise. The internet is now building its replacement.

3.77

447

🎓 Higher Ed Crisis 💥 Disruptive Innovation 🤖 Personalized Learning

The End of College 87%

The university was built on a flawed compromise. The internet is now building its replacement.

by Kevin Carey 2015

3.77

447 ratings

🎓 Higher Ed Crisis 💥 Disruptive Innovation 🤖 Personalized Learning

Montessori Madness!

by Trevor Eissler • 2009

Traditional schools reward compliance, not curiosity. A parent's case for the opposite.

3.87

376

🏫 Alternative Education 🧒 Child Development 👶 Early Childhood Education

Montessori Madness! 87%

Traditional schools reward compliance, not curiosity. A parent's case for the opposite.

by Trevor Eissler 2009

3.87

376 ratings

🏫 Alternative Education 🧒 Child Development 👶 Early Childhood Education

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