“More Than a Score” named in The Nation’s “5 Books to Build a Movement for Education Justice!”

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I am thrilled to announce that Kenzo Shibata, writing for the current issue of The Nation magazine, named the forthcoming book I edited, More Than a Score: The New Uprising Against High-Stakes Testing, to the list of “5 Books to Build a Movement for Education Justice.” The book’s forward was written by Diane Ravitch, the introduction by Alfie Kohn, and the afterward by Wayne Au.

Shibata wrote in part, “More Than a Score collects narratives from teachers, parents, students, academics and elected union leaders describing the growing grassroots resistance to testing gone mad.”

Cover_MTaSI am greatly honored that our book made this list with such a wonderful collection of must read volumes in defense of public education, including, SCHOOL REFORM, CORPORATE STYLE: Chicago, 1880–2000, by Dorothy Shipps, THIS IS NOT A TEST: A New Narrative on Race, Class, and Education, by José Vilson, THE TEACHER WARS: A History of America’s Most Embattled Profession, by Dana Goldstein, and STRIKE FOR AMERICA: Chicago Teachers Against Austerity, by Micah Uetricht.

Please share this list of books with everyone you know who longs for the day when the “testocracy” no longer runs our schools and educators, parents, and students are respected. When the book is released, I hope to make it to a town near you on a book tour to help speed up that day.

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  3. Valerie Trueblood

    Jesse, this is wonderful, plus highly deserved. I’ve ordered a couple from Haymarket & will get more. So exciting! Please excuse me if I’ve already sent you an e-mail saying this. I got some Harborview bug from Rick & it eats the mind. Pride & love, V.

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