Joanne W. Golann Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2021. 248 pp. $27.95 (cloth). In June 2020, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and shortly after the murder of George Floyd, an unexpected announcement emerged in the education world. KIPP, a charter school organization of more than 250 elementary, middle, and high schools across the US, and one of the most prominent founders of the “no-excuses” educational model, announced they would be dropping their slogan “Work Hard.