"Friedrichs masterfully weaves the personal and the political. A must read! Warning: Not easy to put down!"
– Larry Sand, President, California Teachers' Empowerment Network
"Standing Up to Goliath is a brave and enormously important book. A blow-by-blow account of arguably the most meaningful battle of our times—the ongoing fight for the nation's children against the all-powerful teachers' unions—it is simultaneously a deeply affecting personal memoir. Rebecca Friedrichs did not sign up to be a hero, but circumstances, and her own indomitable will, made her one. It should be mandatory reading for parents, and anyone else concerned with America's future."
– Harry Stein, Contributing Editor, City Journal
"I laughed, I cried, I pounded my fist. I felt inspired, encouraged—and ready to keep battling. My heart was pierced when I realized the harm the sexxx ed would do to students who have already been victims of sexual abuse. I'll die before anyone does that to my students."
– Kate Bowers, Elementary School Teacher
"A forceful documentary on the power of public employee unions to use union dues to destroy; not only our public education system, but to buy our children's political future."
– CUSD Watch