August 29, evening:                       

New York City, New York

Lecture and book-signing at Barnes & Noble, Union Square

Open free to public

September 4, evening:  

Washington D.C.

Lecture and book-signing sponsored by Politics & Prose Bookstore

Venue: Sidwell Friends School Meeting House (3825 Wisconsin Avenue Northwest)

Open free to public            

September 6, 12 Noon:

San Francisco, California

Lecture and book signing

Venue: Book Passage, (51 Tamal Vista Boulevard, Corte Madera)

Open to public/Admission fee for luncheon includes price     of book

September 7, 7:30 PM: 

Berkeley, California

Lecture and book-signing hosted by Berkeley and Oakland Teachers’ Unions and KPFA radio

Venue: Martin Luther King Middle School

Open to public/token admission fee

September 10, 11:45 AM:           

Los Angeles, California

Lecture and book-signing hosted by Occidental College

Open free to public

September 10, 7 PM:

Los Angeles, California (Culver City)

Lecture and book-signing hosted by Willows Community School

Venue: auditorium at Willows Community School (8509 Higuera Street, Culver City, California 90232)

Open free to public

September 11, 7 PM:

Phoenix, Arizona

Lecture and book-signing hosted by Phoenix College and the Chandler-Gilbert Community Colleges

Venue:  Bulpitt Auditorium at Phoenix College

Open free to public

September 12, evening:

Tempe, Arizona

Lecture and book-signing hosted by Arizona State University

Open free to public

September 14, 7 PM:     

Charleston, West Virginia

Lecture and book-signing hosted by West Virginia School Board Association

Venue: Charleston Marriott Town Center

September 17, 7PM:

Holyoke/S. Hadley, Massachusetts

Lecture and book-signing hosted by Odyssey Books at Holyoke Community College

Venue: Leslie Phillips Forum

Open free to public

September 18, 7:30 PM:              

Amherst, Massachusetts

Lecture and book-signing hosted by Amherst College

Venue:  Johnson Chapel at Amherst College

Open free to public

September 19:                 

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Lecture and book-signing hosted by Citizens for Public Schools

Venue:  Harvard Memorial Chapel

Open to public by reservation for token fee

September 20, 7 PM:     

Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Lecture and book-signing at Music Hall Bookstore

28 Chestnut Street, Portsmouth, NH

Open free to public

September 24, 5:30 PM:              

St. Louis, Missouri

Lecture and book-signing hosted by Webster University

Venue:  Hilton Loretto Theater

Open free to public

September 26, 7 PM:     

DeKalb, Illinois

Lecture and book-signing hosted by Northern Illinois University

Venue:  auditorium at DeKalb High School

Open free to public

September 27, evening:               

Chicago, Illinois

Lecture and book-signing hosted by Bill Ayers, Mike Klonsky, SOS Chicago, and Chicago Teachers’ Union

Venue: Northwestern University Law School in Chicago

Open free to public

September 29:

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Lecture and book-signing hosted by Milwaukee Teachers Union and Rethinking Schools

Venue: still undecided

Open free to public

October 2, evening:

Miami, Florida

Lecture and book-signing hosted by Books & Books at University of Miami

Exact venue: undecided

Open free to public

October 3, 7 PM:                              

Jacksonville, Florida

Lecture and book-signing hosted by the Jacksonville Library

Open free to public

October 8, 7:30 PM:

Knoxville, Tennessee

Lecture and book-signing hosted by University of Tennessee

Venue: University Center Auditorium

Open free to public                            

October 10, 7 PM:                            

Reading, Pennsylvania

Lecture and book-signing hosted by Alvernia College

Open free to public

October 15:                       

Saratoga Springs, New York

Lecture and book-signing hosted by School Administrators of New York State

Venue: undecided

Open free to public if space available

October 17, 7 PM:                           

Meadville, Pennsylvania

Lecture and book-signing hosted by Allegheny College

Open free to public

October 30, 6 PM:

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Lecture and book-signing hosted by Lesley University

Venue: Washburn Hall

Open free to public

November 8, 11:30 AM:               

Atlantic City, New Jersey

Lecture and book-signing hosted by New Jersey Education Association

Venue:  Atlantic City Convention Center

Open free to teachers if space available

November 9, 5 PM:

New York City, New York

Lecture and book-signing hosted by City University of New York

Venue: CUNY Graduate Center

Open free to public

November 14, 7 PM:

Boulder, Colorado

Lecture and book-signing hosted by University of Colorado Boulder

Venue: Mocky Auditorium

Open free to public

November 16, 12:30 PM

Las Vegas, Nevada

Breakfast sponsored by Random House & National Council of Teachers of English

Luncheon sponsored by NCTE Conference on English Education

Venue: as yet undecided

Open free to NCTE attendees

December 29, 1 PM:       

Washington D.C.

Lecture and book-signing hosted by Walden University

Venue: undecided

Open free to public if space available