PSAT for 9-24-13: Buy this book!
Diane Ravich’s new book, Reign of Error, just came out and everyone’s talking about it!
Diane has been all over the airwaves and in print. Parents Across America President Dora Taylor and PAA co-founder Leonie Haimson have written excellent reviews.
Dora’s review (also posted on the PAA site) neatly summarizes the book:
Diane has been all over the airwaves and in print. Parents Across America President Dora Taylor and PAA co-founder Leonie Haimson have written excellent reviews.Dora’s review (also posted on the PAA site) neatly summarizes the book:
This book is a perfect reference guide to all things ed reform. Don’t understand much about test scores? Check out the chapters “The Facts About Test Scores” and “The Facts About International Test Scores”. Don’t know the history of Michelle Rhee? Go to “The Mystery of Michele Rhee”. How about the Parent Trigger? Read the chapter “Parent Trigger or Parent Tricker”. (Love the title).The best part is that after Dr. Ravitch explains all things corporate reform, she provides real solutions to the challenges of public education. The answers aren’t easy, there is no silver bullet as she explains, but the solutions are based on a wide range and depth of knowledge, history, experience and good old-fashion common sense.”Leonie’s review includes a call to action that we’ll use as our PSAT for today:
To defeat the likes of Murdoch, as well as the other pirates and privateers circling our schools like sharks, we need to become better organized and enlarge our allies. You will never find a more succinct and compelling book than Reign of Error, with a crystal clear analysis of the way in which our schools are being driven into the ground by the
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