{"product_id":"lessons-from-the-heartland-9781595588647","title":"Lessons from the Heartland","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eIn a magisterial work of narrative nonfiction that weaves together the racially fraught history of public education in Milwaukee and the broader story of hypersegregation in the rust belt, \u003ci\u003eLessons from the Heartland\u003c\/i\u003e tells of an iconic city’s fall from grace—and of its chance for redemption in the twenty-first century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA symbol of middle American working-class values and pride, Wisconsin—and in particular urban Milwaukee—has been at the forefront of a half-century of public education experiments, from desegregation and “school choice,” to vouchers and charter schools.  Picking up where J. Anthony Lukas’s Pulitzer Prize–winning \u003ci\u003eCommon Ground\u003c\/i\u003e left off, \u003ci\u003eLessons from the Heartland\u003c\/i\u003e offers a sweeping narrative portrait of an All-American city at the epicenter of American public education reform, and an exploration of larger issues of race and class in our democracy.  Miner (whose daughters went through the Milwaukee public school system and who is a former \u003ci\u003eMilwaukee Journal\u003c\/i\u003e reporter) brings a journalist’s eye and a parent’s heart to exploring the intricate ways that jobs, housing, and schools intersect, underscoring the intrinsic link between the future of public schools and the dreams and hopes of democracy in a multicultural society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book will change the way we think about the possibility and promise of American public education.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Barbara Miner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48283947106555,"sku":"9781595588647","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_7b8ba8a1-a4f0-4e09-957f-2d13586586d1.jpg?v=1771383001","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/lessons-from-the-heartland-9781595588647","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}