Improbable Scholars - Kirp, David L. (James D. Marver Professor at the Goldman School of Public Policy, James D. Marver Professor at the Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California at Berkeley)

In this book, David L. Kirp challenges the conventional wisdom about public schools and education reform in America through an in-depth look at Union City, New Jersey's high-performing urban school district. In this compelling study, Kirp reveals Union's city's revolutionary secret: running an exemplary school system doesn't demand heroics, just hard and steady work.