Teacher-turned-author releases novel imagining a future of privatized education

Teacher-turned-author releases novel imagining a future of privatized education

What happens when schools are run more like corporations than classrooms — and teachers are suddenly the highest-paid celebrities in the country? North Idaho businessman and author, Gene Bans, a former teacher, dives into that provocative question in "Sips of Hemlock," an imaginative, fast-paced satire that hurls readers into a near-future where education is almost entirely privatized.