Memoirs of a Mad Black Educator

The Memoirs of a Mad Black Educator is an unflinching critique of the education reform movement, told through the personal experiences of an African-American educator.

Fictionalized accounts of teaching experiences reveal the emergence of a new educational power structure, which marries philanthropy, federal policy, and mayoral control to privatize public education.

This new power structure is dictatorial and seeks to eliminate "defects" such as veteran or minority teachers through intimidation, evaluation models tied to student test scores, and mass firings.

The book also exposes the growing obsolescence of public schools and teachers, as well as nationwide closures of schools and layoffs of skilled educators.

A must-read for anyone interested in the future of education.