Books by Fredrik deBoer

1. Fredrik deBoer, The Cult of Smart: How Our Broken Education System Perpetuates Social Injustice .  A well-written, highly intelligent book, inveighing against various aspects of the current meritocracy, and how they contribute to what the author calls “social injustice.”  People who do educational policy, or who think about inequality should read this book.  But ultimately what is his remedy?  I would sooner attack homework, credentialism, and bureaucratization than testing.  And yes, IQ is o...