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Why college-for-everybody is a sham: Ravitch - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

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Why college-for-everybody is a sham: Ravitch

This was written by education historian Diane Ravitch . She is a research professor at New York University and author of numerous books, including the best-selling “The Death and Life of the Great American School System,” a critique of the flaws in the modern school reform movement. This piece appeared on her blog.
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Test scores plummet — so Florida drops passing grade

Here’s the latest disaster in Florida’s standardized test-based school accountability system, which has been touted as a model for education reform around the country since it was developed by former Gov. Jeb Bush.
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