Education leader sees no reform in Phila. plan
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Diane Ravitch, education historian and pointed observer of the American educational scene, came to Philadelphia last week to speak at a math teachers' convention.
She had read the Philadelphia School District's "Blueprint for Transformation," and she wasn't pleased.
"If you really want to improve schools, you do something about teaching and learning," Ravitch said. "This is all shuffling deck chairs on the Titanic."
Call it reform if you'd like, but what Philadelphia's plan really proposes is privatization, Ravitch said.
"Education has never been market-driven," said Ravitch, research professor of education at New York University. "What they're trying to do is impose a business model on education, and there's no evidence that it's been
She had read the Philadelphia School District's "Blueprint for Transformation," and she wasn't pleased.
"If you really want to improve schools, you do something about teaching and learning," Ravitch said. "This is all shuffling deck chairs on the Titanic."
Call it reform if you'd like, but what Philadelphia's plan really proposes is privatization, Ravitch said.
"Education has never been market-driven," said Ravitch, research professor of education at New York University. "What they're trying to do is impose a business model on education, and there's no evidence that it's been