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Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Ravitch: Congress should ditch NCLB, not tinker with it - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

Ravitch: Congress should ditch NCLB, not tinker with it - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post:

Ravitch: Congress should ditch NCLB, not tinker with it

This was written by education historian Diane Ravitch for her Bridging Differences blog, which she co-authors with Deborah Meier on the Education Week website. Ravitch and Meier exchange letters about what matters most in education. Ravitch, a research professor at New York University, is the author of the bestselling “The Death and Life of the Great American School System,” an important critique of the flaws in the modern school reform movement.

Dear Deborah,

Have you been following the evolving story of the reauthorization of No Child Left Behind? I have, and it is disheartening. Instead