· Thomas Sowell’s latest book is a bomb dropped on the intellectual opponents of charter schools, where he asks: “How can success be so unwelcome? In New York City alone, there are more than 50, children on waiting lists to get into charter schools/5. Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. He is the author of dozens of books including Charter Schools and Their Enemies, winner of the Hayek Book Prize. He is the recipient of numerous other awards, including the National Humanities Medal, presented by the President of the United States in /5(K). · Thomas Sowell is one such voice. At age 90 and having broken his promise not to pick up his pen again, he has turned his gaze to the world of education, delivering Charter Schools and Their Enemies at a moment when those schools have come under intense scrutiny, their right to exist in question. Charter school leaders need their spines stiffened these days; their overreaching critics Estimated Reading Time: 7 mins.
Charter Schools and Their Enemies by Thomas Sowell Basic Books, , $30, pages. As reviewed by Robert Pondiscio. There is a reason we're told to respect our elders. It's bracing and edifying to listen to voices of wisdom and experience. Those whose time grows short are compelled to speak clearly and directly. Thomas Sowell is one such. T homas Sowell is a truth seeker who grew up in Harlem and is one of the wisest men of our times. In his new book, Charter Schools and Their Enemies — published on J, his 90th. Charter Schools and Their Enemies, by Thomas Sowell (Basic Books, pp., $30) T homas Sowell — who will have just turned 90 when this review is published — could have retired by now.
Charter Schools and Their Enemies. by Thomas Sowell. via Basic Books. Tuesday, J. A leading conservative intellectual defends charter schools against the teachers’ unions, politicians, and liberal educators who threaten to dismantle their success. Charter Schools and Their Enemies is a book by American economist, social theorist and author Thomas Sowell, in which he compares the educational outcomes of school children educated at charter schools with those at conventional public schools. He argues that charter schools on the whole do significantly better in terms of educational outcomes than conventional schools. He believes the school system in the United States is in need of reform and makes the case for why the charter school move. Thomas Sowell publishes new book: “Charter Schools and Their Enemies” Thomas Sowell, a renowned economist, theorist and writer, published his latest book Charter Schools and Their Enemies on June 30, his 90th birthday. The book defends charter schools against those who have worked tirelessly to dismantle the schools’ success—teachers’ unions, politicians, and liberal educators.
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