The firestorm -- Competing visions for American education -- Teacher unions : what they are and how they got that way -- Cutting down our best teachers and slashing their pay -- A seat at both sides of the negotiating table -- Union corruption : betraying teachers -- The threat of charter school success -- Vision for the future -- What we must do -- Reasons for hope -- Appendix A. Maxims of American education (lessons from life in the public arena).
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