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Diane Ravitch on Democracy Now: “Poverty is the Problem” | Seattle Education

Diane Ravitch on Democracy Now: “Poverty is the Problem” | Seattle Education:

Diane Ravitch on Democracy Now: “Poverty is the Problem”

“Poverty is the Problem”

Check out Diane Ravitch and Brian Jones, narrator of the movie The Inconvenient Truth Behind Waiting for Superman, on Democracy Now.

The following is the introduction to this interview:

As millions of students prepare to go back to school, budget cuts are resulting in teacher layoffs and larger classes across the country. This comes as the drive toward more standardized testing increases despite a string of cheating scandals in New York, Atlanta, Washington, D.C., and other