Diane Ravitch, Author . Knopf $24 (272p) ISBN 978-0-375-41482-4
Textbook publishers are guilty of self-censorship, argues Ravitch (Left Back: A Century of Battles Over School Reform) in this polemical analysis of the anti-bias and sensitivity guidelines that govern much of today's educational publishing....
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Diane Ravitch, Author Simon & Schuster $30 (560p) ISBN 978-0-684-84417-6
HPlainly written and abundantly documented, this opinionated history of the ""permanent debate"" about school standards, curricula and methods should initiate new discussions about the purpose of American schools. Taking a firm stance in favor of...
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Diane Ravitch. Knopf, $27.95 (352p) ISBN 978-0-385-35088-4
Ravitch (The Death and Life of the Great American School System) offers a vital nonpartisan critique of the policies of George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and the school privatization movement. Backed by abundant data, she distinguishes between these...
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Diane Ravitch. Knopf, $27.95 (352p) ISBN 978-0-525-65537-4
NYU education professor Ravitch (Reign of Error) argues that corporate-driven school reform efforts have failed in this fiery takedown of the movement’s “strategies of high-stakes testing, standardization, and privatization.” According to Ravitch, “C
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