Diane Ravitch: public education in danger
DETROIT - School reform is not a new topic but the nature of the debate has changed. In decades past, education critics mainly wanted to make public schools better. They sought more training for teachers and increased funding for schools.
But now, says educator and author Diane Ravitch, the question is, "Will public education survive? Will we continue to have a public education system that is bound by law to accept all children? Or will we have children enter a lottery to see if they get accepted by a charter school? Will public schools be the default option for those that didn't make it into public schools?"
Few can break it down the way Ravitch does. She once saw strict government mandates and charter schools as the impetus for reforming public education. She's changed her mind. Now she sees
