"In his biting commentary on issues related to teaching, education reform, poverty, and racial and gender inequality, Steve Singer has been both a voice of truth and a stinging critic pointing out the deep flaws in the logic and propaganda floated by the apostles of privatization and corporate education reform." - Yohuru R. Williams, Professor of History, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of St. Thomas, Minnesota

"Steven Singer may be the wisest and most eloquent voice we have defending public education from its many enemies. His moral compass is unfailingly sound, and his sympathies always on the side of the marginalized and forgotten." - Mark Naison, Professor of African American Studies and History, Fordham University

"As a teacher educator I have been searching for a book written by a teacher that exposes the privatization of public education and pushes back against racist school policies and practices." - Denisha Jones, Professor of Curriculum Theory, Pre-school Education and Teacher Education at Trinity Washington University

"Here's the best of what you missed in one place. Inspiring and infuriating, Steven Singer is one of the best education bloggers of this generation." - Julian Vasquez Heilig, Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Sacramento State University

"In these troubled and troubling times, there is no one who writes more passionately about public education, teachers, and the struggle for justice and equity than Steve Singer." - Peter Greene, Education blogger and teacher

"Thought-provoking. A concise source of valuable information, and definitely worth preserving in book form." - Mercedes Schneider, PhD., Teacher, researcher, blogger and author of Common Core Dilemma: Who Owns Our Schools? and School Choice: The End of Public Education?

"Steven Singer's Insightful, perceptive, informative and powerful posts are helping to educate, persuade and mobilize people to fight back against the charter school industry and those seeking to privatize public education in the United States." - Jonathan Pelto, Founder and Coordinator of the Education Bloggers Network

"Channeling the justified outrage of a classroom teacher under attack from budget cuts and neoliberal reforms, Steve Singer writes from the front lines of the public school wars with wit and intelligence." - Jessie B. Ramey, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Gender & Women's Studies and Director of the Women's Institute at Chatham University, author of the Yinzercation blog

"Steven Singer speaks the truth about the detriment of education 'deform.' His voice is a powerful one for children, teachers, and communities." - Marla Kilfoyle, Executive Director, The Badass Teachers Association

"All of those interested in the pernicious impact of testing, school choice, and racism on our public education institutions will want to read this book, in fact, anyone who has a child in public schools, hopes to one day send a child to public schools, or has ever attended a public school needs to read this book." - Russ Walsh, Teacher, author of The Parent's Guide to Public Education in the 21st Century, and blogger at Russ on Reading.