Diane Ravitch

New York University

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Diane Ravitch is Research Professor of Education at New York University and the author of The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Undermine Education. A former senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, from 1991-1993 she served as Assistant Secretary of Education.

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Diane Ravitch on KCRW

” The education reform movement is not only a hoax, it’s dead,” says Diane Ravich.  A one-time advocate of privatization, she’s now fighting “to save public schools.”

In ‘Slaying Goliath,’ former privatization supporter fights for public schools

” The education reform movement is not only a hoax, it’s dead,” says Diane Ravich.  A one-time advocate of privatization, she’s now fighting “to save public schools.”

from To the Point

The anti-education reformer Diane Ravitch tells us what she thinks is wrong with standardized student testing to measure teacher performance.

Using Standardized Student Testing to Measure Teacher Performance

The anti-education reformer Diane Ravitch tells us what she thinks is wrong with standardized student testing to measure teacher performance.

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The Chicago school strike is a struggle between education reformers and unionized teachers. Now in its third day, the issues will look familiar in other cities, including Los Angeles.

Chicago Teachers' Strike

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