Bill Ayers

An esteemed activist invites us to consider the complex idea of abolition as much more than a strategy or a set of tactics—at a deeper level, abolition is an entire political framework, culture, and orientation

In this follow-up to his highly controversial first memoir, Fugitive Days, Bill Ayers looks at his life after the Weather Underground, after he emerged from life as a fugitive, turned himself in and went on to become a family man, university professor, celebrated education reformer and public figure, and eventually--in Sarah Palin's attacks--a "terrorist" and public enemy.

Overturns common misconceptions about charter schools, school "choice," standardized tests, common core curriculum, and teacher evaluations.