Reddit mentions of No Excuses: Closing the Racial Gap in Learning

I taught for four years in an inner city school. Read the book, "no excuses, closing the racial gap in learning" and they mentioned KIPP. Had no idea who they were, but visited one of their schools. Realized it was time to leave and applied for a position at every KIPP school in the country. Got the position at the school in the city I wanted and haven't looked back.

I saw that one, on netflix. It was an OK opinion-piece in favour of school choice, although it wasn't very deep, and didn't seem to suggest any concrete steps forwards. If you're interested in this sort of material, I recommend a book called "No Excuses" which I found more interesting that focused on what some unusually successful charter schools are doing right, that might help some failing school districts. No matter what happens in education reform, I think the students and parents are often a key difference between "good" schools and "bad" schools, so moving to a community where enough people share our family's value of education may remain the only good option for finding a really good school district.