Dave Eggers has been a polarizing figure from the moment his first book hit the bestseller lists, using his fame as a vehicle to disseminate periodic manifestos on myriad controversial topics, some literary, some not. Now, Eggers is taking up the cause of the shamefully underpaid American schoolteacher. His new ‘oral history book’ on the subject “makes a compelling case for investment in education to be put in the pockets of the teachers. Pay them, it argues, and their wealth shall trickle down into the community, the economy and the future. It is hard to disagree.”