Heavier in critique than it is solutions. Very detailed, very well explained, and Ravitch has the credentials and clearly knows her stuff.. but I wish a bit more focus were paid to ideas on how to fix the problems instead of simply pointing out how the current system fails. I also wish she'd taken the focus of our schools to task a bit more. We're still teaching in a box for the most part, because everyone needs to pack presidential factoids in their heads that they'll soon forget, and meanwhile computer coding isn't offered in many schools. Long division is still taught, web design is not. Idk, Ravitch does a fine job of critiquing the system in great detail, but I guess I wish the overall focus of our schools was addressed a bit more. Martha Nussbaum's "Not for Profit" does a fantastic job of addressing those concerns on the liberal arts side of things, I wish I could combine Ravitch's detailed study with Nussbaum's more philosophical approach. Still a really good read, really good info on exactly where the issues lie, but it could use a bit more in terms of "here's how we solve our teaching philosophy and here's how we make that into a workable system across the board."