Diane Ravitch
Diane Ravitch
Diane Silvers Ravitchis a historian of education, an educational policy analyst, and a research professor at New York University's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. Previously, she was a U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth1 July 1938
CountryUnited States of America
intelligent shining mind
Sometimes the most brilliant and intelligent minds do not shine in standardized tests because they do not have standardized minds.
change reform irony
One of the persistent ironies of reform is the impossibility of predicting the full consequences of change ...
children firsts should
We should totally ban for-profit charters. For-profit's first obligation is to its stockholders, not to its children.
teacher children educational
Going to school is not the same as going shopping. Parents should not be burdened with locating a suitable school for their child. They should be able to take their child to the neighborhood public school as a matter of course and expect that it has well-educated teachers and a sound educational program.
democracy public-education
An attack on Public Education is an attack on Democracy
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Research does not support any part of Race to the Top