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Diane Ravitch Joins Four Education Pundits to Debate Impact of Waiting for Superman

Diane Ravitch Joins Four Education Pundits to Debate Impact of Waiting for Superman

Diane Ravitch Joins Four Education Pundits to Debate Impact of Waiting for Superman

Los Angeles CA (PRWEB) October 19, 2010

Today, BAM Radio Network, the education station online, announced that is has begun airing a special program titled "Waiting for Superman: Fact or Fiction?" The segment features Former U.S. Assistant Secretary, Diane Ravitch; Valerie Strauss, education writer at The Washington Post; Debra Viadero, associate editor atEducation Week; Justin Snider, a contributing editor at The Hechinger Report; and Jay Mathews, education columnist at The Washington Post, who also appeared in the movie. The panel discusses the diverse responses the controversial movie is eliciting among audiences outside, inside and across the education field.

"The important point that we should take away from this discussion is the link between



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