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19 Jul 2023, 1:33 pm
As Education historian Diane Ravitch explained, “[Relay] has no scholars, no researchers, no faculty other than charter teachers. [read post]
5 Jul 2019, 8:55 am
“‘The Stars and Stripes Forever’ is a patriotic American march written and composed by John Philip Sousa, widely considered to be his magnum opus. [read post]
3 Dec 2017, 12:00 am
” Diane Ravitch’s Big Money Rules covers Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America by Nancy MacLean and The One Percent Solution: How Corporations Are Remaking America One State at a Time by Gordon Lafer, which “meticulously demonstrates how the Koch brothers and the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision of 2010 have influenced elections and public policy in the state”. [read post]
24 May 2017, 9:52 am
Op-Ed: Diane Ravitch, Don’t Like Betsy DeVos? [read post]
27 Feb 2017, 4:14 am
(Thanks to Curtis Franks for the pointer to a news story that led me to Diane Ravitch's apt commentary.) [read post]
7 Dec 2016, 2:55 pm
Educational historian Diane Ravitch said of Ms. [read post]
4 Dec 2016, 11:47 am
In the same publication, Diane Ravitch’s assessment of two books about school choice covers the recent history of the movement for choice and voucher programs.The Guardian features a list of “notable history books of 2016,” which includes Jon Wilson’s India Conquered: Britain’s Raj and the Chaos of Empire and Philippe Sands’ East West Street: On the Origins of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity .In the Wall St. [read post]
16 Nov 2016, 2:57 pm
The New York Times recently published a series of articles about the dangers of privatizing public services, the first of which was called “When You Dial 911 and Wall Street Answers. [read post]
23 Jul 2016, 4:14 pm
"Writes Diane Ravitch, the historian of education who was assistant secretary of education in the Bush I administration. [read post]
12 Jan 2015, 9:30 pm
If we look at the process for setting standards recommended by the American National Standards Institute, we find that the process by which the Common Core was written and adopted was wholly inadequate, as described by historian Diane Ravitch. [read post]
15 Aug 2014, 6:36 am
One hopes he will answer them. [read post]
16 Jun 2014, 4:05 am
...for the fact-free nonsense it undoubtedly is: Set aside for the moment that this decision lacks any evidentiary basis. [read post]
4 May 2014, 8:07 am
Diane Ravitch, the teachers' union's champion sings paens of praise to Lamar Alexander, begging him to "[r]estore federalism" and "[s]top the assault on state and local control of education. [read post]
7 Mar 2014, 11:38 am
In a recent post, Diane Ravitch decries the fact that Chicago charters expel a higher percentage of kids than do the other public schools: The data reveal that during the last school year, 307 students were kicked out of charter schools, which have a total enrollment of about 50,000. [read post]
7 Mar 2014, 11:38 am
In a recent post, Diane Ravitch decries the fact that Chicago charters expel a higher percentage of kids than do the other public schools: The data reveal that during the last school year, 307 students were kicked out of charter schools, which have a total enrollment of about 50,000. [read post]
20 Jan 2013, 8:32 pm
A comment from Diane Ravitch's blog: Labor Lawyer January 20, 2013 at 8:36 pm Although “liberal” on most political issues, my personal experience strongly supports tracking — based on ability to do the work — as common sense and heterogenous classes as creating unnecessary obstacles to effective instruction. [read post]
29 Aug 2012, 2:18 pm
This allows KIPP students not only to spend extra time on reading and math, but to study all of the other subjects that Diane Ravitch says that she wants in a good curriculum. [read post]
13 Jun 2012, 10:24 am
Like Diane Ravitch, Stotsky is seems to believe that David Coleman and Common Core standards are trying to mandate that 50 or more percent of English classes be spent on non-fiction.To quote the Common Core website: Fulfilling the Standards for 6–12 ELA requires much greater attention to a specific category of informational text—literary nonfiction—than has been traditional. [read post]
8 Jun 2012, 9:28 am
Diane Ravitch is confused by something that Melinda Gates recently said about the potential of teachers: When Melinda Gates was interviewed on the PBS Newshour on June 4, she said something that surprised me. [read post]
21 May 2012, 12:57 pm
Ravitch ought to love this. [read post]
