After the education wars: how smart schools upend the business of reform

Introduction : The quiet revolution

Big dreams, small schools : how entrepreneurial rebels built a movement in New York City

Testing power : when is disruption just . . . disruptive?

State of reform : the not-so-quiet revolution in Massachusetts

No lone stars : how trust and collaboration in one Texas school district have created lasting reform

The hurricane and the charters : new schools unearth old ways in New Orleans

Conclusion : A civic action: how schools

and society

benefit from real democracy.