Diane Ravitch On Education Reform

In case you were unaware, Diane Ravitch is an education policy big leaguer who worked to advance the cause of both charter schools and No Child Left Behind. She’s experienced a major turnaround as of late, saying that she “no longer [believes] that either approach will produce the quantum improvement in American education that we all hope for”, and that at the end of the day, it’s poverty–not teachers–that’s the biggest indicator of low academic performance. Kudos to Ravitch for having the strength of character to admit when she’s wrong; plenty of others in DC could benefit from her example.