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A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door

The Dismantling of Public Education and the Future of School
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In the "vigorous, well-informed" ( Kirkus ReviewsA Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door, the co-hosts of the popular education podcast  Have You Heard expose the potent network of conservative elected officials, advocacy groups, funders, and think tanks that are pushing a radical vision to do away with public education.


"Cut[ing] through the rhetorical fog surrounding a host of free-market reforms and innovations" (Mike Rose), Jack Schneider and Jennifer Berkshire lay bare the dogma of privatization and reveal how it fits into the current context of right-wing political movements.  A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door "goes above and beyond the typical explanations" (SchoolPolicy.org), giving readers an up-close look at the policies—school vouchers, the war on teachers' unions, tax credit scholarships, virtual schools, and more—driving the movement's agenda.


Called "well-researched, carefully argued, and alarming" by  Library Journal, this smart, essential book has already incited a public reckoning on behalf of the millions of families served by the American educational system—and many more who stand to suffer from its unmaking. "Just as with good sci-fi," according to  Jacobin, "the authors make a compelling case that, based on our current trajectory, a nightmare future is closer than we think."

Product Details

PublisherThe New Press
Publish DateOctober 07, 2025
Pages320
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconEbook
EAN/UPC9781620978122

About the Author

Jack Schneider is the author of six books, including  A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door and  The Education Wars (both co-authored with Jennifer C. Berkshire and published by The New Press). An award-winning scholar, he is a host of the education podcast  Have You Heard and lives in Somerville, Massachusetts.

Jennifer C. Berkshire is a freelance journalist and a host of the education podcast  Have You Heard. The co-author (with Jack Schneider) of  A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door and  The Education Wars (both published by The New Press), she lives in Gloucester, Massachusetts.

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