Punished for Dreaming: How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal True we must confront one of

we must confront one of this nation’s first sins: stealing

In the 1890s

struggles in school

Ralph Ellison

Punished for Dreaming: How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal True we must confront one ofNOW A NEW YORK TIMES AND A USA TODAY BESTSELLER WINNER, 2024 GODDARD RIVERSIDE STEPHAN RUSSO BOOK PRIZE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE FINALIST, LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE I am an eighties baby who grew to hate school. I never fully understood why. Until now. Until Bettina Love unapologetically and painstakingly chronicled the last forty years of education reform in this landmark book. I hated school because it warred on me. I hated school because I loved to