Why Obama’s leading education critic will vote for him
(Pablo Martinez Monsivais–Associated Press)
For the past several years education historian Diane Ravitch has been the leading critic of President Obama’s school reform policies. A former assistant secretary of education in the administration of former President George H.W. Bush, and an early supporter of President George W. Bush’sNo Child Left Behind law, she changed her views on what makes schools work after looking at the evidence, and has been the leading voice in the movement against standardized test-based schooling and assessment.
She has published the best-selling book “The Death and Life of the Great American System: How Testing and Choice are Undermining Education,” as well as a constant stream of articles in various publications,