Foreword by Deborah Meier
Preface
Introduction
Part I
Introduction: “Is This What We Call ‘Education’?”
A Short History of the Ambush of Public Education by Nancy Schniedewind
One Teacher’s Cry by Susan J. Hobart
Rachel’s Plea by Wendy J. Goodman
Part II
Introduction: “I Won’t Be a Part of This!”—Educators, Parents, Students, and Community Members Resist
Voices of Students with Disabilities by Kids As Self Advocates (KASA)
Debunking the Case for National Standards by Alfie Kohn
Resisting the State Test: The Story of an Eleven-Year-Old by Niño Rebelde and Francisco Guajardo
There Is No Rubric for Imagination: Organizing against a Charter School Gone Corporate by Nate Walker
“No”: The Power of Refusal by Doug Christensen and Chris W. Gallagher
Why I Quit Teach For America to Fight for Public Education by Neha Singhal
Exit Strategies: Confronting Faulty Graduation Tests by Latricia Wilson
Tú Eres Mi Otro Yo/You Are My Other Self by Curtis Acosta
Part III
Introduction: Resisting by “Working in the Cracks”—Creating Spaces to Teach Authentically
Deepening the Cracks to Infuse Mathematics for Social Justice by Ellen Davidson
Test Prep and the War by Jessica Klonsky
Alligator-Crocodile by Felipa Gaudet
You Can’t Be Driven by Fear: A Portrait of Public School 24 by Tom Roderick
Part IV
Introduction: “Not My Voice Alone”—Organizing to Reclaim Public Education
“You Want to Pay Me for What?!?”: Resisting Merit Pay and the Business Model of Education by Sam Coleman and Edwin Mayorga
The Curie 12: A Case for Teacher Activism by Katie Hogan
The Struggle against Mayoral Control in Milwaukee by Bob Peterson
We Are Not the Backlash: We Are the Resistance! by Juanita Doyon
“Just Parents” Challenge Mayor Daley, Arne Duncan, and Renaissance 2010 by Julie Woestehoff
From Seeds to Fruition: The Making of a Resistance Movement by Don Perl
Making a Difference by Jane Hirschmann, Ujju Aggarwal, and Donna Nevel
What Endures: Meaningful Assessment for the Long Haul by Chris W. Gallagher and Doug Christensen
Voices of Activism by Kim Dominguez, Bob Peterson, Stephanie Walters, Kathy M. Xiong, Sarah Knopp, Gillian Russom, and Brian Jones
Another World Is Possible/Another Education Is Necessary by Bill Ayers
Postscript
For Further Reading
Acknowledgments