The public education system is failing our children.
Almost two-thirds of our eighth graders aren't proficient in reading or math.
And in a single school year, US public schools see almost a million incidents of violence, a number that continues to grow.
In Can You Hear Me Now?, Suzanne DeMallie exposes the unsettling reality of our classrooms with a brutally honest account of the policies and practices that leave so many children behind.