Peter Sacks is an award-winning author and social critic. He’s the author of LIBERTYLAND, a philosophical thriller, just published in February. His book is TEARING DOWN THE GATES: Confronting The Class Divide In American Education (University of California Press) which won the Frederic W. Ness Book Award from the Association of American Colleges and Universities. He is also the author of STANDARDIZED MINDS: The High Price Of America’s Testing Culture And What We Can Do To Change It (DaCapo Press).

His articles and essays on education have appeared in a variety of publications including: The Huffington Post, The Nation, The Boston Review, and The New York Times. Several have won awards including a Pulitzer Prize nomination. His lectures include appearances at the Harvard Club, University of Notre Dame, and Columbia University.