"Saving the School" is the true story of a school in Texas that got the results school reformers demand without doing any of the things that many of them champion. This school focused not on test-taking, but on restoring pride to the community through plays, yearbooks, school clubs, and other activities, in addition to supporting teachers rather than firing them en masse. It was a revived community, not 鈥渘o excuses鈥� education reform, that helped students achieve higher goals and feel invested in their futures. "Saving the School" is a quickly paced book that helpfully illuminates some of the current debates in public education.
