Diane Ravitch
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Southold, NY, United States
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Past articles by Diane:
Why the 1776 Commission is a bad idea
The problems in our society will never be resolved by denying their existence or papering them over with high-flown language about our founding principles. → Read More
What The Teachers Are Asking For
In far too many states, school funding is neither fair nor adequate. → Read More
Today Is The Anniversary Of The Worst Federal Education Law Ever Passed
NCLB was the Death Star of American education. → Read More
5 Risks Posed by the Increasing Misuse of Technology in Schools
At any given moment in the day, I am attached to my cellphone, my iPad or my computer. As a writer, I was an early convert to the computer. I began ... → Read More
Yes, It Is True! I Don't Like School Choice! I Admire Teachers' Unions!
Public schools are part of the promise of America. → Read More
PBS Runs A Three-Hour Series Glorifying The DeVos Education Agenda
Funded by conservative foundations devoted to privatization, this program is the definition of paid propaganda. → Read More
Are Donald Trump And Betsy DeVos The Civil Rights Leaders Of Our Time?
Trump picked up on the deceptive line that we have heard from free-market ideologues for the past 15 years. → Read More
Betsy DeVos: I Will Replace The Failed Ideas Of Bush-Obama With My Own Failed Ideas
DeVos does not have a single innovative idea. It is the same old retreads of the privatization movement. → Read More
Betsy DeVos Confirmed Despite Massive Protests
The confirmation of Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education is an outrageous insult to the millions of people who send their children to public schools, to the millions of students who attend public schools, to the millions of educators who work in public schools, and to the millions of people — like me — who graduated from public school. Continue reading → Read More
An Open Letter To Senator Lamar Alexander About Betsy DeVos
She would be the first Secretary of Education in our history to be hostile to public education. → Read More
Why Would Anyone Listen To Betsy DeVos On The Subject Of Education? It Can't Be Results.
If Detroit is the DeVos model of “success,” then our nation’s education system is doomed. → Read More
The White House Press Corps Must Stand Up For The First Amendment
At his first press conference since last July, Trump dealt with a variety of questions about his plans. Many of the questions were about the dossier that... → Read More
Diane Ravitch
Diane Ravitch Research Professor of Education, New York University; Author, 'Reign of Error' Diane Ravitch is Research Professor of Education at New York University and a historian of education. She blogs at dianeravitch.net, a site which has had nearly 8.3 million page views in less than a year. From 1991 to 1993, she was Assistant Secretary of Education and Counselor to Secretary of Education… → Read More
I Wish I Could Vote For Hillary Clinton Twice
If Trump is elected, our democracy is at risk. → Read More
An Open Letter To Mark Zuckerberg And Dr. Priscilla Chan
Recently, Checker Finn of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute wrote → Read More
Good Riddance to Common Core Testing
Common Core testing will turn out to be the money pit that consumed American education. The sooner it dies, the sooner schools and teachers will be freed of the Giant Federal Accountability Plan hatched in secret and foisted upon our nation's schools... → Read More
Do Teachers' Unions Have Any Friends in the Obama Administration?
We are living in an era when the very idea of public education is under attack, as are teachers' unions and the teaching profession. In the past, Democrats supported unions, which they saw as a dependable and significant part of their base. This is n... → Read More
The Fatal Flaw of the Common Core Standards
Across the nation, parents and educators are raising objections to the Common Core standards, and many states are reconsidering whether to abandon them and the federally-funded tests that accompany them.... → Read More
Mayor de Blasio and Education: Fact-Checking Eva Moskowitz's Claims
What is missing from the controversy so far is any interest on the part of the journalists in basic facts. Instead, what is happening is a PR battle. Eva Moskowitz has attacked Mayor de Blasio in multiple media appearances, and no one in the media ha... → Read More
Understanding the Propaganda Campaign Against Public Education
There is no evidence from any other nation that replacing a public system with a privatized choice system produces anything but social, economic, and racial segregation.... → Read More