A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door
Journalist Jennifer Berkshire and education historian Jack Schneider argued that the political right is trying to dismantle public education. This virtual event was hosted by Town Hall Seatt…
794 viewsJournalist Jennifer Berkshire and education historian Jack Schneider argued that the political right is trying to dismantle public education. This virtual event was hosted by Town Hall Seatt…
794 viewsFormer U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education in the George H.W. Bush administration Diane Ravitch made the argument for why she believes public education should not be privatized.
718 viewsJesse Hagopian, editor of More Than a Score: The New Uprising Against High-Stakes Testing and history teacher at Garfield High School in Seattle, Washington, talked about the growing resista…
2,131 viewsDiane Ravitch talked about her book, Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America’s Public Schools, in which she argues that the education crisis in the U…
18 viewsMs. Ravitch discusses her book Left Back: A Century of Failed School Reforms, published by Simon and Schuster. The book is a history of American education reforms in this century, in which …
1,351 viewsThe founder of The American Lawyer magazine and Court TV tells the story of a coalition of unlikely allies in the fight to change a school system that many parents believe is failing the nat…
3,748 viewsA former assistant secretary of education and Brookings Institution fellow analyzes what she calls the death of the American school system through too much testing. She spoke with Washingto…
3,038 viewsRichard Kahlenberg talked about his book Tough Liberal: Albert Shanker and the Battles Over Schools, Unions, Race, and Democracy, published by Columbia University Press. The book is about th…
266 viewsFormer Assistant Secretary for Education Diane Ravitch spoke on the history of public education. Among the issues she addressed were expanding opportunities for student participation in adva…
137 viewsPanelists discussed state textbook adoption policies. Among the topics addressed were censorship, the influence of pressure groups in textbook selection, the quality of currently published t…
190 viewsProfessor Diane Ravitch talked about her book The Language Police: How Pressure Groups Restrict What Students Learn, published by Knopf. She described the censorship of books that interest …
434 viewsPanelists talked about author Diane Ravitch’s new book Left Back: A Century of Failed School Reform. The author asserts that the efforts to improve America’s schools have been foiled by refo…
350 viewsPanelists discussed charter schools and other proposals to improve education opportunities. They addressed issues concerning the urban education crisis and took audience questions.
155 viewsSeveral coordinators of the Third International Math and Science Study (TIMSS) discussed the significance of the results of the study for U.S. education policy. They explained the methodolog…
89 viewsCommittee members heard testimony on what role the federal government should play in creating educational standards. Last year, Congress approved the Clinton administration’s Education Goals…
82 viewsSecretary of Education Lamar Alexander and other education officials discussed the state of American education in an annual news briefing by the Department of Education. The speakers discuss…
45 viewsThe Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Communications met to discuss telecommunications technologies and how they could be used to improve education in America. The …
201 viewsAssistant Secretary of Education Diane Ravitch discussed the president’s education record and policy. She commented on the national America 2000 program and other programs.
60 viewsThe Department of Education released its annual report on how well Americans are doing in the classroom. Jeanne Griffith, Diane Ravitch, and Nabeel Alsalam briefed reporters on the 1992 cond…
59 viewsThe Brookings Institution sponsored a forum on federal education policy entitled, “A Report Card on America.”
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