GOODSTEIN

FROM PAGE e schools are part of the community. Indeed, they are forced on the population. Schemers and dreamers have focused on them in trying to shape society. ey are constantly in the news. But nobody had done a retrospection on exactly what Denver Public Schools is, its achievements, and why it is always at the center of controversy.

Public Schools for the trilogy?

Filling this void is the main objective of “ e History of Denver Public Schools.”

Goading from people who have been active in the schools as board members, concerned parents and volunteers helped push me to write the volumes.

What do you hope people get out of reading any one or all three of “The History of Denver Public Schools” books?

Ideally, by reading the books, people will grasp the obvious: there are no magical education cures. As part of the commu-