Crazy Like a Fox: One Principal’s Triumph in the Inner City
Dr. Ben Chavis with Carey Blakely
New American Library, 2009, 287 pp., $24.95, Penguin.com
In the mold of such memorable films as Stand and Deliver and Freedom Writers, the cast of characters in Crazy Like a Fox live in the inner city, are part of an ethnic minority and are poor; but so is their hero. Dr. Chavis shares in his own words the journey that inspired Gov. Schwarzenegger to call his school an “education miracle.” Not only in the villages of Africa, but also on the streets of Oakland, one of the greatest needs on our planet right now is primary education that gives underprivileged children a chance for a healthy and accomplished adulthood. Chavis is crazy; and he’s tough, too. This memoir invites you to walk the path of triumph that overcomes all odds.
