“Rick Salutin is one of Canada’s great thinkers. He understands the importance of culture, of true democracy, and, maybe even more importantly, he understands that conversations about our public institutions are never simple. In this book, Salutin demonstrates that the conversation about public education is exciting, complex, and rife with possibility. He manages to simultaneously challenge the status quo while mounting a strong, articulate, and nuanced defence of public education as one of Canada’s greatest accomplishments.”- Annie Kidder, People for Education