John Taylor Gato, who is mentioned via a quote in the post, has a pretty good book about education in the United States.

https://www.amazon.com/Underground-History-American-Education/dp/B00FRJRNHM/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8

or

here it is (for free)

https://archive.org/details/JohnTaylorGattoTheUndergroundHistoryOfAmericanEducationBook