American Schools: The $100 Billion Challenge

By William H. Cosby and Dwight Allen

Book Overview

From Bill Cosby, actor, entertainer, and New York Times bestselling author of Fatherhood and Congratulations (Now What?) comes a groundbreaking book with the potential to reinvent education in America.

Exchanging comedy for community activism, Bill Cosby teams up with Dwight Allen, Eminent Professor of Education Reform at Old Dominion University, to issue a challenge to the federal government and the new captains of industry: produce one hundred billion dollars and reform, revamp, and reinvent our schools. Together, Cosby and Allen do more than discuss the problems -- the crumbling buildings, flagging test scores, and failing students -- they offer concrete solutions, outlining a point-by-point plan for putting dot-com dollars to work.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 075955000X
• ISBN13: 9780759550001
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

An answer to the plight of our school system

Drs. Allen and Cosby have written a magnificent book detailing a workable answer to our school system plight. Now it is up to us to take the challenge. Do we understand how important is it to truly educate our youth? Are we ready to take the challenge or are we just going to say yes its nice, or too much work and just let things fall by the wayside. All parents should read this book and join together to demand a change to our schools so the children of today will be the well-educated leaders of the future.