Hugh B. Price
September 2002
Hugh B. Price, president of the National Urban League, recently authored this thoughtful 256-page book, written especially for parents and subtitled "Getting Your Child The Best Possible Education." In its opening sentence, Price notes that this is his "first real book," earlier volumes having been collections of speeches, articles and suchlike. Full of anecdotes, personal vignettes and shrewd counsel for parents, it's an accessible, urgent yet optimistic book. It's no policy tome, though Price makes plain his own view on some of today's education policy issues. (He's for charter schools, for example, and against vouchers.) He's been a plucky warrior in the education reform wars, wise but impatient, and his book is a welcome addition to one's library. The ISBN is 0758201192, Kensington is the publisher and more information can be found at http://www.kensingtonbooks.com/kensington/finditem.cfm?itemid=6252.
