Dont bother

[Gary]

As a school board member with 20 years of experience, I was especially interested in knowing what Lessing had to say about public education. After reading the chapter on the status of public education, I decided two things: 1) He didnt have the slightest idea what he was talking about and 2) If he didnt know what he was talking about regarding public education, then it probably was not worth finishing the book. I wouldnt recommend it.

[Tony]

The book isn't about public education, it's about money in politics.

[Gary]

Gary wrote: "As a school board member with 20 years of experience, I was especially interested in knowing what Lessing had to say about public education. After reading the chapter on the status of public educa..."

Are you sure you read this book? Sounds like you had already made up your mind before you started. I thought is was well written and pretty darned depressing. Our government is pretty badly broken and is providing the best service to the highest bidder.

[Eklein]

Judging this book based on what it has to say about public education is a bit like judging it based on what it has to say about flash-frying sardines. 1) It is not a book about flash-frying sardines (or public education!). 2) It is not a book that has much to say about flash-frying sardines (or about public education!).

It is, rather, a book about money in politics. That's a field I know fairly well, and Lessig does a better job than anyone I know of integrating research, theory and reporting. I have some larger problems with Lessig's thesis, but it's more than worth bothering with, and it's deeply informed on its subject.