Just Finished Watching Diane's Speech
In schools for the rich, children get taught. In schools for the poor, children get tested. -- Diane Ravitch
I just not got to watch the entire video of Diane Ravitch's recent talk at the City Club. I wish I had been there. Every moment of it is a devastating indictment of the status quo. I've seen people who can speak intelligently about many of these issues, but there is nobody that I know of who can speak about all of them in such clear terms.
Of course the danger is that people really aren't listening, as I've mentioned before. For example, I felt that
