The progressive Left controls monopolistic public institutions, especially schools. Activists such as Corey DeAngelis and Christopher Rufo, with their fight for maximal school choice and against radical curricula like critical race theory, respectively, are but the most prominent figures in the struggle to use privatization and choice to break that control. But markets are ultimately only as good as what’s sold in them. If opponents of the existing system do not make a vocal, positive, and persuasive case for better alternatives, the existing faulty system will remain predominant.

Enter Daniel Buck. A relatively young but experienced English teacher, Buck has now made that case in What Is Wrong With Our Schools? in a way that should make everyone take notice and think, even those who generally reflexively reject conservative arguments about education.