Diane Ravitch is Research Professor of Education at New York
University and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. From
1991 to 1993, she was Assistant Secretary of Education and
Counselor to Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander in the
administration of President George H.W. Bush. President Clinton
appointed her to the National Assessment Governing Board, which
oversees federal testing. She is the author or editor of over
twenty books, including The Language Police and Left Back, and her
articles have appeared in numerous newspapers and magazines. A
native of Houston, Ravitch graduated from the Houston public
schools, Wellesley College, and Columbia University. She lives in
Brooklyn, New York.
NYSun.com
"Public education is a tough enterprise. It won't be fixed
overnight. But if we stick with a back to basics approach,
saturated with the solid American democratic values that Ms.
Ravitch advocates, we won't be so prone to fall for the silver
bullets that never seem to find their mark."
Los Angeles Times
"The Death and Life of the Great American School System may yet
inspire a lot of high-level rethinking."
Valerie Strauss, Washington Post
"Her credibility with conservatives is exactly why it would be
particularly instructive for everyone--whether you have kids in
school or not--to read The Death and Life of the Great American
School System."
Booklist, starred
"For readers on all sides of the school-reform debate, this is a
very important book."
Library Journal, starred
"[A]n important and highly readable examination of the educational
system, how it fails to prepare students for life after graduation,
and how we can put it back on track...Anyone interested in
education should definitely read this accessible, riveting
book."
E. D. Hirsch, Jr., author of Cultural Literacy, The Schools We
Need, and The Making of Americans
"No citizen can afford to ignore this brave book by our premier
historian of education. Diane Ravitch shines a bright, corrective
light on the exaggerated claims of school reformers on both the
left and the right, and offers an utterly convincing case for
abandoning quick fixes in favor of nurturing the minds and hearts
of our students from the earliest years with enabling knowledge and
values."
New York Times
"Ms. Ravitch...writes with enormous authority and common
sense."
The Nation
"In an age when almost everybody has an opinion about schools,
Ravitch's name must be somewhere near the top of the Rolodex of
every serious education journalist in this country."
Wall Street Journal
"Ms. Ravitch [is] the country's soberest, most history-minded
education expert."
Christian Science Monitor
"Ravitch's hopeful vision is of a national curriculum - she's had
enough of fly-by-night methods and unchallenging requirements.
She's impatient with education that is not personally
transformative. She believes there is experience and knowledge of
art, literature, history, science, and math that every public
school graduate should have."
Howard Gardner, Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education, Harvard
Graduate School of Education
"Diane Ravitch is the rarest of scholars--one who reports her
findings and conclusions, even when they go against conventional
wisdom and even when they counter her earlier, publicly espoused
positions. A 'must' read for all who truly care about American
education."
Linda Darling-Hammond, Charles E. Ducommon Professor of Education,
Stanford University, and Founding Executive Director, National
Commission for Teaching & America's Future
"Diane Ravitch is one of the most important public intellectuals of
our time. In this powerful and deftly written book, she takes on
the big issues of American education today, fearlessly articulating
both the central importance of strong public education and the
central elements for strengthening our schools. Anyone who cares
about public education should read this book."
"NYSun.com"
"Public education is a tough enterprise. It won't be fixed
overnight. But if we stick with a back to basics approach,
saturated with the solid American democratic values that Ms.
Ravitch advocates, we won't be so prone to fall for the silver
bullets that never seem to find their mark."
"Los Angeles Times"
""The Death and Life of the Great American School System" may yet
inspire a lot of high-level rethinking."
Valerie Strauss, "Washington Post"
"Her credibility with conservatives is exactly why it would be
particularly instructive for everyone--whether you have kids in
school or not--to read "The Death and Life of the Great American
School System.""
"Booklist," starred
"For readers on all sides of the school-reform debate, this is a
very important book."
Library Journal, starred
"[A]n important and highly readable examination of the educational
system, how it fails to prepare students for life after graduation,
and how we can put it back on track...Anyone interested in
education should definitely read this accessible, riveting
book."
Howard Gardner, Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education, Harvard
Graduate School of Education
"Diane Ravitch is the rarest of scholars--one who reports her
findings and conclusions, even when they go against conventional
wisdom and even when they counter her earlier, publicly espoused
positions. A 'must' read for all who truly care about American
education."
Linda Darling-Hammond, Charles E. Ducommon Professor of Education,
Stanford University, and Founding Executive Director, National
Commission for Teaching & America's Future
"Diane Ravitch is one of the most important public intellectuals of
our time. In this powerful and deftly written book, she takes on
the big issues of American education today, fearlessly articulating
both the central importance of strong public education and the
central elements for strengthening our schools. Anyone who cares
ab
"NYSun.com"
"Public education is a tough enterprise. It won't be fixed
overnight. But if we stick with a back to basics approach,
saturated with the solid American democratic values that Ms.
Ravitch advocates, we won't be so prone to fall for the silver
bullets that never seem to find their mark."
"Los Angeles Times"
""The Death and Life of the Great American School System"may yet
inspire a lot of high-level rethinking."
Valerie Strauss, "Washington Post"
"Her credibility with conservatives is exactly why it would be
particularly instructive for everyone--whether you have kids in
school or not--to read"The Death and Life of the Great American
School System.""
"Booklist," starred
"For readers on all sides of the school-reform debate, this is a
very important book."
Library Journal, starred
"[A]n important and highly readable examination of the educational
system, how it fails to prepare students for life after graduation,
and how we can put ite
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