In March of 2013, thirty-five black educators in Atlanta Public Schools were charged with racketeering and conspiracy --the same charges used to bring down the American mafia--for allegedly changing students' answers on standardized tests. What followed was a disgrace to the education and criminal justice systems alike. At the time of her arrest, the youngest of the accused, Shani Robinson was just 28-years-old. She was unjustly convicted under the RICO Act, a felony punishable by up to 20 years in prison. Schooled is the never-before-told account of Shani Robinson, an innocent teacher caught up in the infamous cheating scandal. Robinson and co-author journalist Anna Simonton reach back through the history of education, racial oppression, and the criminal justice system to show that black children in Atlanta were being deprived long before some teachers changed the answers on their students' tests. As Robinson and her co-defendants appeal their case, the education reform movement runs rampant, a corporate-led dismantling of government spins out of control, policing of black and brown communities becomes increasingly brutal, and racial and economic disparities gape even wider. Robinson's story offers indispensable insight into issues that are far from resolved and illuminates the power of everyday people to persevere and even make positive change.