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A book cover titled 'Unchartered: How One Public High School Transformed First-Generation College Success' by Erika M. Kitzmiller with a foreword by Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz. The cover features photos of smiling students, some in graduation gowns and others in casual attire, in front of a school building.

“This book is as much an invitation as it is a provocation. It asks us to resist cynicism and imagine what public education could become when we value collaboration over competition, equity over expediency, and relationships over rigid systems.” - Yolanda Sealey Ruiz

“Unchartered shows the endless possibilities that emerge from urban public school reform rooted in school-based educators collaborating with students instead of copying corporate takeovers with top-down, top-heavy approaches.” -Camika Royal

“Drawing from her own experience as a teacher, researcher, and first-generation college student, Erika Kitzmiller delivers a powerful and accessible story of the public high school that ‘could.’” -Amy Hillier

Close-up of a middle-aged woman with shoulder-length light brown hair, blue eyes, and a friendly smile, wearing a dark denim shirt. She is standing indoors with a neutral background.

Erika Kitzmiller studies historical and contemporary policies and practices that contribute to inequality and identifies solutions to end it.