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Friday, June 24, 2011

Great Article on Diane Ravitch

"...Once a vocal proponent of No Child Left Behind, charter schools, vouchers, and merit pay for teachers, Ravitch decided sometime around 2006 that there was actually no evidence that any of those policies improved American education. She now believes that the “corporatist agenda” of school choice, teacher layoffs, and standardized testing has undermined public respect for one of the nation’s most vital institutions, the neighborhood school, and for one of society’s most crucial professions: teaching...."

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/41083/diane-ravitch-the-anti-rhee/full/

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