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“When you realize that your history books and your science books and your literature books are not the result of experts sitting down and making it a wise decision, but of political pressure groups coming to the state textbook hearings, this is wrong.” quote by Diane Ravitch — Download Open image

“When you realize that your history books and your science books and your literature books are not the result of experts sitting down and making it a wise decision, but of political pressure groups coming to the state textbook hearings, this is wrong.”

Diane Ravitch

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

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

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

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

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

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“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 reactionary. Disabling or eliminating teachers’ unions removes the strongest voice in each state to advocate for public education and to fight crippling budget cuts. In every state, classroom teachers are experts in education; they know what…

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An attack on public education is an attack on democracy.

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