Mercedes K. Schneider, who has been a teacher for twenty-six years, is the author of four books on education reform: A Chronicle of Echose: Who’s Who in the Implosion of American Public Education (2014, Information Age Press); Common Core Dilemma: Who Owns Our Schools? (2015, TC Press); School Choice: The End of Public Education? (2016, TC Press); and A Practical Guide to Digital Research: Getting the Facts and Rejecting the Lies (2020, Garn Press). She blogs on education reform at deutsch29.wordpress.com.