Book club

Important political reading to understand the current battle over school funding in California.

David Brock, The Republican Noise Machine: Right Wing Media and How it Corrupts Democracy. (2004)

David Cay Johnston, Perfectly Legal: The Covert Campaign to Rig our Tax System to Benefit the Super Rich- and Cheat Everybody Else. 2003.

Thomas Frank. What’s the Matter with Kansas? : How conservatives won the heart of America. 2004.

Molly Ivans and Lou Dubous, Bushwhacked: Life in George W. Bush’s America, 2003.

Duane Campbell, Choosing Democracy: a practical guide to multicultural education. 2004.

Kathryn Emery, Why Corporate America is Bashing our Public Schools.

Gerald W. Bracey, On the Death of Childhood and the Destruction of Public Schools. 2003