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I would argue that this book is the foil to Diane Ravitch's book, Death and Life of the Great American School System. This book is completely against teacher unions, and argues for corporate reform. This is the perspective of people who believe that reform must be entirely data-driven, that education should be privatized.

From a teacher interviewed for the book:

"It's like your up in front of the class spinning plates, and then you just keep adding plates, and you wonder every day if you are going to keep being able to do it." p. 211

This quote is from a third year teacher - and the from the author's perspective, this is how it should be. I cannot honestly believe that overworking yourself, planning everyday for the next day, is good for kids.