Redtail Press

09/14/2024

This is a very personal essay I wrote for the British magazine UnHerd about virtue, sin, and how we talk to our kids about morality.

Would love to hear reactions, even if you think I'm crazy. Especially if you think I'm crazy!

Link in the comments.

03/29/2024

On this Good Friday, I wrote about the French thinker Rene Girard and the crucifixion for the wonderful British magazine UnHerd.

(This is an honor for me, as they publish so many great writers that I admire, including Tom Holland of The Rest is History, Mary Harrington, and Douglas Murray.)

Link in comments.

11/08/2022

The new book from Redtail Press publishes on January 24 in honor of Lewis Carroll's birthday. We hope you enjoy this nonsense.

11/08/2022

DAD FAIL. Excited about the arrival of my new book, I drop the baby. (He's fine.)

07/03/2020

"In this book A Fine Line: How Most American Kids Are Kept Out of the Best Public Schools, Tim DeRoche, Author explores the discriminatory practices that have endured in the decades following Blaine." — Jeanne Allen, founder and CEO of the Center for Education Reform in Washington, DC, for the National Catholic Register.

COMMENTARY: U.S. Supreme Court paves the way for parental choice for their children’s education.

06/28/2020

Tim DeRoche, Author had a fascinating discussion about 𝐀 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐞: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐊𝐢𝐝𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐊𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐎𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 with Conor P. Williams of The Century Foundation for The 74.

See previous 74 Interviews: Author Jal Mehta on the value of teaching, journalist Paul Tough on class, race and the pursuit of college, Professor Rucker Johnson on how school integration helped black students and the full archive of 74 interviews. To butcher the famous quote from 19th century abolit...

06/25/2020

"Recently, the New York School Talk blog published a guest post by Tim DeRoche, Author of A Fine Line: How Most American Kids Are Kept Out of the Best Public Schools, which asked the question: 'Do NYC school zones violate federal law?'" (Spoiler: He thinks they do.) — Alina Adams in The 74.

A version of this essay originally appeared on the New York School Talk blog. Recently, the New York School Talk blog published a guest post by Tim DeRoche, author of A Fine Line: How Most American Kids Are Kept Out of the Best Public Schools, which asked the question: “Do NYC school zones violate...

06/10/2020

Listen to this great 20-minute conversation with Tim DeRoche, Author about his new book, A Fine Line. Prof Marty West is a leading scholar in education policy at Harvard and the editor-in-chief of Education Next.

"Some of these zones are very, very weird, misshapen things."

06/09/2020

Tim DeRoche, Author's new book from Redtail Press, A FINE LINE: How Most American Kids Are Kept Out of the Best Public Schools, is the #1 New Release in Education Funding on Amazon.com! A FINE LINE is available in print, Kindle, and as an audiobook on Audible.

A Fine Line: How Most American Kids Are Kept Out of the Best Public Schools

05/29/2020

In case you missed it, Vroman's Bookstore's virtual conversation with Tim DeRoche, Author, Gloria Romero, and Jill Stewart to launch the release of A FINE LINE: How Most American Kids Are Kept Out of the Best Public Schools is available to watch on demand on Crowdcast!

Register now for Vroman's Live's event on Crowdcast, scheduled to go live on Sunday May 17, 2020 at 3:00 pm PDT.