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    "Ben Chavis, the most politically incorrect person on the planet, is also, not coincidentally, one of the people most correct about inner-city education. Read this book by a man who gets results as a practitioner of the 'no excuses' approach to schooling."
    - George F. Will, The Washington Post columnist

    "…[T]here is much to be learned from this account. It is possible to restore public education to its mission of educating the nation's citizens. There is a message of hope and possibility in 'Crazy Like a Fox' that we should embrace."
    - Mitchell Kapor, The San Francisco Chronicle

    "Chavis [is] undeniably one of the country's finest educators…Thrust this book into the hands of all the parents you know and implore them to read it…Chavis is passionate, articulate, and entertaining. He's also right."
    - Mark Hemingway, National Review

    "American Indian [is] a rarity in American education, defying the axiom that poor black and Latino children will lag behind others in school."
    - Mitchell Landsberg, Los Angeles Times

    "To get the kind of results Chavis does in Oakland is a work of stripped-down genius. Ben's book reads like Ben talks: forthright, funny, irreverent, and wise. For anyone who cares about American education, for anyone who cares about America, Crazy Like a Fox is an essential read."
    - Jack Cashill, author What's the Matter with California?

    Archive for 'Book Review'

    The Paperback Is Out!

    The paperback version of Crazy Like a Fox: One Principal’s Triumph in the Inner City is now available!
    The hardcover was released about a year ago from today. Both the hardcover and paperback versions of Crazy Like a Fox are published by a division of Penguin Group (USA) called New American Library.
    The paperback features a new [...]

    Posted: September 7th, 2010 under Book Review.
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    Re: Democrats, Lies, and the Awful Education of Minorities!

    I found the following praise for Crazy Like a Fox: One Principal’s Triumph in the Inner City in a Google Alert. The blogger goes by the pseudonym Diogenes The Cynic.
    Here’s what Diogenes the blogger passionately wrote:
    “One of the most compelling conservative books I have had the fortune to read is Crazy Like A Fox: One [...]

    Posted: July 9th, 2010 under Book Review, Educational Approach.
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    Recent Book Reviews

    Andrew J. Coulson, director of the Cato Institute’s Center for Educational Freedom, published a review of Crazy Like a Fox: One Principal’s Triumph in the Inner City in City Journal, which is published by the Manhattan Institute. The review is titled: “Tough Love: How Ben Chavis works education wonders”. Here are some excerpts:
    “Once, as a [...]

    Posted: February 25th, 2010 under Book Review.
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    New Washington Post Article

    Jay Mathews, the education columnist for The Washington Post, wrote about Crazy Like a Fox and AIPCS’s education model in an excellent article entitled “A Crazy Idea for Middle Schools”. The piece was published on Friday, October 2.
    Here’s the link: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/class-struggle/2009/10/a_crazy_idea_for_middle_school.html?hpid=news-col-blog

    Posted: October 4th, 2009 under Book Review, Educational Approach.
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    Hello, and welcome to my blog

    I have never been so self-promotional in my life and am beginning to wonder if I should be banished to a monastery for all my effusive urgings to buy the book, attend a signing, etc. etc. Or perhaps this year on Christmas I’ll get coal in my stocking. One friend wrote to me recently, “No [...]

    Posted: September 17th, 2009 under Awards/Recognition, Book Review, Events.
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