The Washington Post continues to give space to Dianne Ravitch and her book, The Death and Life of the Great American School System. To quote Monty Neill of FairTest, “This is a very valuable interview with Diane Ravitch by Valerie Strauss of the Answer Sheet. Diane warns us of demoralized teachers, discloses Duncan/Department disinformation, bashes the tests, and points out that parents as well as teachers are angry over testing & privatization – but even members of Congress who recognize this don’t see blocking Obama-Duncan. The members of Congress must be pushed by the people with refusing to support Obama-Duncan.”
The piece begins:
“I have written a lot about Ravitch recently because I think she occupies a unique place in the world of education. For years, she was part of the conservative wing of the education world, serving as an assistant secretary in the administration of President George H.W. Bush, and becoming a vocal backer of the second President Bush’s No Child Left Behind initiative.”
“But after looking at the data — one of the mantras of today’s misguided education leaders — Ravitch reversed her position on NCLB, calling it a failure. And she has become a strong critic of using business principles to run public school districts.”
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