REVIEWS for "Serving Our Children" (hardcover edition) "Chavous heads the education committee of the D.C. council and is one of a very few politicians who have ever cared enough about public education to write a book about it. He says charter schools are a vibrant part of the public school system, and wants more of them." The Washington Post ".this book is worth reading for some of the horrifying vignettes of a system beset on all sides, such as the boy who lived in a hole in the attic of a D.C. public school for several weeks to avoid his abusive foster parents.

And Chavous deserves plaudits for courageous leadership on charter schooling in the nation's capital." Justin Torres, The Education Gadfly ".examines the path that led him to be a passionate advocate of school choice." Indianapolis Star ".explores what D.C. has learned from the charter school experience and what it means to American public education as a whole. D.

C.'s charter schools are used as a case study to demonstrate how their flexibility and autonomy allows them to better serve the social, economic, and educational needs of urban students and families." USCharterSchools.org "Like a masterful arrangement, Councilmember Chavous has woven together a tapestry of insightful and relevant commentary on the challenges of urban education and how the emergence of school choice offers hope for its future." Quincy Jones.