Letters to the Next President: What We Can Do About the Real Crisis in Public Education

This 2008 election edition reopens today’s critical issues in public education. Once again speaking to the next president, this stellar collection of more than thirty letters speaks to the future of American students and the need for an educated and engaged citizenry. Top education experts, elected officials, business and community leaders, teachers, principals, students, and parents discuss the dangerous shortcomings of current state and federal policies and offer suggestions for what can be done about it.

Richard Ingersoll, CPRE Senior Researcher, is among the list of the many distinguished contributors to this book.