Breaking Free : Public School Lessons and the

While spending time in his children's New York City schools, Sol Stern found a depressing scene: instruction dominated by progressive fads and politically correct cliches; dictatorial unions that protect bad teachers; and an arrogant bureaucracy that puts employees' interests ahead of students' needs.

Sol Stern has written for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the New Republic and other publications. A contributing editor of City Journal, he lives with his family in New York City

Introduction

1

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My Public School Lessons

One P.S. 87: The Dream School of the Upper West Side

17

(22)

Two In the Middle

39

(26)

Three Stuyvesant High School's Dirty Little Secret

65

(36)

Union Dues

Four Our Teachers and Their Union

101

(28)

Five Public Education's Twilight Zone

129

(18)

Six Shake the Money Tree

147

(22)

The Imperative of School Choice

Seven Catholic School Lessons

169

(24)

Eight The Schools That Vouchers Built

193

(22)

Nine The Imperative of School Choice

215

(22)

Epilogue

237

(12)

Acknowledgments

249

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Index

251

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Breaking Free : Public School Lessons and the Imperative of School Choice

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