Argues that the crisis in American education is not a crisis of academic achievement but a concerted effort to destroy public schools in this country. Provides an argument against privatization and for public education, and in a chapter-by-chapter breakdown, putting forth a plan for what can be done to preserve and improve it. She makes clear what is right about U.S. education, how policy makers are failing to address the root causes of educational failure, and how we can fix it.