Sam Chaltain, May 19
b'"Sam Chaltain has thought long and hard about what makes a good school, and how to solve that riddle for as many of our country\'s students as possible. In \'Our School,\' he describes the year he spent at a traditional public school and a charter school in Washington, D.C. His aim is not to compare -- it\\u2019s to find the commonalities that make for success and deploy that wisdom to make school choice a plus for all students, rather than a new dividing line. It\'s the worthiest of goals, attained with mastery." - Emily Bazelon, senior editor at Slate\\n\\nChaltain is a national educator and organizational change consultant based in Washington, DC. He was the National Director of the Forum for Education and Democracy and the founding director of the Five Freedoms Project. His writings have appeared in magazines and newspapers, including the Washington Post, Education Week and USA Today. A periodic contributor to CNN and Huffington Post, Chaltain is also the author or co-author of six previous books.'