From Dropout to Doctorate

"The author's message is potent and timely... this is a vital call to reform a broken system." – Publishers Weekly Review, June 2025 "Dr. Lester has gifted us this book for this moment and for our posterity. He shares searing personal stories of tragedy and hardship that moves the crisis in our educational system beyond statistics and into the realm of human impact. . . . He adds academic ballast ...