Quote by Diane Ravitch

“Our schools will not improve if we continue to focus only on reading and mathematics while ignoring the other studies that are essential elements…

— Diane Ravitch

We will continue to chase rainbows unless we recognize that they are rainbows and there is no pot of gold at the end of…

— Diane Ravitch

When you succeed at keeping almost everyone in school, you must figure out ways to educate everyone you keep in school.

— Diane Ravitch

“The history of education is a seemingly endless parade of “new ideas” that are actually old ideas renamed.”

— Diane Ravitch

We should totally ban for-profit charters. For-profit's first obligation is to its stockholders, not to its children.

— Diane Ravitch

“By picking a few winners, the Race to the Top competition abandoned the traditional idea of equality of educational opportunity, where federal aid favored…

— Diane Ravitch

“The reformers define the purpose of education as preparation for global competitiveness, higher education, or the workforce. They view students as “human capital” or…

— Diane Ravitch

“While I have never been a member of any union, I was a friend of Albert Shanker, president of the American Federation of Teachers,…

— Diane Ravitch

In DC, policymakers think that if we can only have high enough standards, tough enough tests, and hold people accountable, we can close the…

— Diane Ravitch

“The corporate reform movement has co-opted progressive themes and language in the service of radical purposes. Advocating the privatization of public education is deeply…

— Diane Ravitch

American Education has a long history of infatuation with fads and ill-considered ideas. The current obsession with making our schools work like a business…

— Diane Ravitch

An attack on public education is an attack on democracy.

— Diane Ravitch