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For teachers unions, Ravitch an unlikely ally - Abby Phillip - POLITICO.com

For teachers unions, Ravitch an unlikely ally - Abby Phillip - POLITICO.com

For teachers unions, Ravitch an unlikely ally

Diane Ravitch is pictured. | Photo courtesy of DianeRavitch.com
Ravitch is amassing a following for her opposition to corporate-sponsored “astroturf” groups. | Photo courtesy of DianeRavitch.comClose

Once a staunch opponent of teachers unions and proponent of a decidedly conservative agenda on education reform, Diane Ravitch has emerged as an unlikely hero to public school teachers and administrators across the country by siding with teachers unions in their battle with charter school advocates and the Obama administration.

A well-known academic who served as an education official in President George H.W. Bush’s administration and was a vocal advocate of President George W. Bush’s “No Child Left Behind”



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