Diane Ravitch appears in the following:
Is Trump's Pick for Education Secretary an Enemy of Public Schools?
Tuesday, January 17, 2017
30 Issues | What's So Good (or Bad) About Common Core?
Thursday, September 08, 2016
Overturning Teacher Tenure
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
A California judge just threw out teacher tenure, calling it the moral equivalent of segregation. Then the Obama administration quickly embraced the ruling. Hear why.
What Makes a Phenomenal Teacher?
Thursday, June 20, 2013
Can Obama's Turnaround Arts Initiative Save Schools?
Friday, May 04, 2012
Diane Ravitch Has Questions for the Cuomo Commission
Friday, January 06, 2012
New Report Reveals Half of Nation's Schools Are Failing
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Some new numbers about the No Child Left Behind Act paint a bleak portrait of the country's education system. According to a report from the Center on Education Policy, 48 percent of the nation’s public schools did not meet No Child Left Behind's requirements for "adequate yearly progress," a percentage-based criteria for improvement set by individual states. However, students's performance on the national standardized test are not considered in AYP.
No Child Left Behind Laws Get Major Loophole
Tuesday, August 09, 2011
As one of the hallmark pieces of education legislation passed by President George W. Bush, The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 aimed to reform the American education system by giving schools standard and measurable goals that 100 percent of all students needed to meet. But, by promising to leave no child behind, did the act set its goals too far?
The Social Cost of Changing Your Mind
Tuesday, June 07, 2011
Politicians and public figures are often ostracized for changing their minds (think: "flip-flop"). However, having a change of opinion part of being human. Diane Ravitch former U.S. assistant secretary of education famously changed her opinion on the efficacy of standardized testing. She was an outspoken supporter of "No Child Left Behind," and has since changed her position and is advocating against this program. She is currently a research professor at NYU’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development.
State of Education
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Education historian and former Assistant Secretary of Education Diane Ravitch talks about the state of the American education system.