“A must read. This compelling set of essays by three leading, independent voices takes on the range of challenges facing our communities. Whatever their differences, they all agree on the moral imperative to address the civil rights issue of our time—the failure of our inner-city schools to provide a quality education to all children. The time has come for fundamental change.”
—Former Attorney General Bill Barr
“Essay after essay, Civil Rights Attorney Ben Crump provides simple solutions to complicated issues that we can use to alter the racial dynamics of America and increase the prosperity and opportunity of the underprivileged. Ben Crump is a formidable combination of Thurgood Marshall and Johnnie Cochran: a brilliant and legendary civil rights lawyer who is also ‘one of’ Black America's Greatest Advocates. In this magnificent and vitally necessary work, Crump takes an unvarnished look at a subject we too often ignore: how poor educational outcomes impede Black progress and drag our future leaders into poverty, social devastation, and incarceration. Thank God the vulnerable and vanquished have a friend in Ben.”
—Professor Michael Eric Dyson
“Crisis in the Classroom is more than an insightful, captivating work of nonfiction; it is a monument to the notion that we all, irrespective of our ideological differences, have a shared goal of preserving our future and producing the best outcomes for everyone, no matter their race or economic status. This book will be praised by the good and reviled by the corrupt, but I have no doubt that the good will prevail if they listen to these three titans.”
—Ambassador C. Boyden Gray, Former Legal Counsel to George H. W. Bush
“Nations rise and fall on the quality and breadth of their education; to tackle the most fundamental issue in America, Crisis in the Classroom necessarily cuts through reflexive political divisions and biases to address the heart of the matter—the challenges and solutions to achieving universal education. The book explores the root causes of the spiraling educational crisis in American and proposes novel fixes; it is wisdom that will not be welcomed by those profiteering from the catastrophe of the educational status quo. Our children, educators, and nation deserve this book.”
—Adam Waldman, Esquire
“Education is more than the communication of information; it is the transfer of life to the next generation. The classroom is the incubator for wisdom, knowledge, understanding, and character. Crisis in the Classroom points directly to the problem. It’s ‘us,’ all of us. The road to restoring our educational system is difficult, but not impossible, if we work together.”
—Reverend A. R. Bernard
Crisis in the Classroom
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