
In Letters to a Young Education Reformer, Frederick Hess distills knowledge from twenty-five years of working in and around school reform. Inspired by his conversations with young, would-be reformers who are passionate about transforming education, the book and his talk offers a window into Hess’s thinking about what education reform is and should be. He explores where education reformers have misstepped in recent years and offers thoughts on how aspiring reformers—whatever their passion or cause—can do better.
Frederick Hess is a resident scholar and director of Education Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute, where he works on K-12 and higher education issues.