As an educator, I'm always interested in learning about different opinions on charter schools and their impact on the public school experience both from the public school perspective and the perspective of those employed by the charter school and families at the charter school. What I really liked about this was the data driven explanations and information provided.

The author of this book made a lot of valid points as to how those of low SES do not have the same options when it comes to education as their peers of higher SES do. Also, the author's point of investing in the students' overall learning above everything else is so important. I work in a public school and found this book to be a very interesting read.

This file was a little hard to read and the text formatting would jump from large font size to a small one, which made it difficult to read. Other than the formatting issues though, the actual content of this book was excellent.

Charter schools have no shortage of controversy around the and Sowell offers a lot of evidence that shows the competency of the charter school model in districts across the country. I was very impressed and surprised by this research, which I actually shared with a friend of mine who is looking for a job next year as a first-year teacher. He decided to apply to one of the successful charter school systems in NYC that were mentioned here as a result (Uncommon Schools).

Anyone who is looking to understand the impact of the charter system on low-income communities should read this book.