Be honest: and other advice from students across the country

"Thanks for teaching me how to steer": letters to educators

"Bobbing when I should have weaved": vignettes inspired by Sherman Alexie

"Going for broke": essays inspired by James Baldwin

"Help us help ourselves": essays explaining what schools would look like if these students ran them

"Tomorrow's leaders": speeches in the voices of Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, President Barack Obama, or the students themselves

Afterword: "I didn't know you talked like that"

Some suggestions for making classroom publishing projects work.