A NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER
What is an ideal K-12 education, and how can we provide it to our children?
We send our children to school hoping that they will become insightful, knowledgeable, principled, independent, that they will learn to appreciate beauty, humility, and kindness.
This landmark book describes what every parent and teacher needs to know about K-12 education.
“A beautiful, soulful book. Inspiring for educators and helpful for parents too. My mind was racing with ideas for how to implement the practices with my kids at home.”
JOHN LEGEND
ARTIST AND ACTIVIST
“Anyone who doubts that America’s broken public education system can be transformed should read this important book, including our elected officials.”
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG
FOUNDER OF BLOOMBERG LP AND BLOOMBERG PHILANTHROPIES AND
MAYOR OF NEW YORK 2002—2013
“Must reading for anyone who cares about American public education. This book gives me hope.”
DEBORAH MEIER
FOUNDER, CENTRAL PARK EAST
AUTHOR, “THE POWER OF THEIR IDEAS”
Speaking & Press
Deborah Kenny is a nationally respected educational thinker and New York Times best-selling author with expertise in PK-12 education. She challenges prevailing assumptions about schooling and offers a compelling vision for classrooms where students read and think deeply and engage seriously with ideas.
Teaching Above the Test
MORNING JOE
Rethinking Education Reform
CHICAGO IDEAS FESTIVAL
Reading Full Books and Quality Testing
MORNING JOE
“I inhaled this book… This is a concise account of the principles that have grounded research for decades — largely forgotten.”
— PENNY KITTLE
Author of Book Love; Founder, The Book Love Foundation
“A clear concise treatise on how to raise thoughtful, caring children… I hope that this book will serve as a launch pad for educators to engage in difficult and consequential conversations…”
— KELLY GALLAGHER
Author of Readicide
“Kenny’s book is an invitation to teachers and school leaders and communities at large to engage in the kinds of conversations we desperately need right now…A must read!”
— DONNA SANTMAN
National Literacy Consultant, Educator, and Author of Shades of Meaning