Product reviews for Around the world in 80 schools

It's a well written book that is easy to read. It communicates a strong sense of place. I enjoyed the feel it gave of real places, real classrooms, real schools. Some of the cases are very inspiring. It's not ideologically extreme, nor blandly balanced either. But it shows the dangers of adopting stereotypical postures. I also liked the author's humility and self-effacement about moments on tour and his own practice in retrospect. He's comfortable with paradoxes and dilemmas as we should be too.