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Diane Ravitch, Education Expert, Coming to P.S. 29 by Brooklyn Eagle (edit@brooklyneagle.net), published online 01-05-2012

COBBLE HILL — Diane Ravitch, noted author, education historian and research professor of education at New York University, will be the inaugural speaker in a lecture series on education on Jan. 10, 6:30 to 8. p.m., at P.S. 29, 425 Henry St. in Cobble Hill. The author of 13 books on education, including her latest bestseller, The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education, Ravitch was instrumental in leading the federal effort under President George H.W. Bush to promote voluntary national academic standards. Since then, she has had a front-row seat to the successes and failures of education reform over the last two decades. The Washington Post has said, “Ms. Ravitch is the best living historian of education today.” During her appearance at P.S. 29, she