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Diane in the Evening 9-12-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all

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My Next Talk in Néw York City
If you want to hear about my new book, I will be discussing it at the Century Foundation, 1 Whitehall Street, in Manhattan on Monday, September 23 at 6 pm. Admission is free but you must register. The moderator will be Greg Anrig, who writes thoughtfully about education issues.
Tony Bennett Embroiled in Néw Scandal
The Associated Press reports that Indiana’s former superintendent Tony Bennett may have violated state law by using state offices and staff for political activities. “INDIANAPOLIS — Former Indiana schools chief Tony Bennett kept multiple campaign databases on Department of Education servers and ordered his staff to dissect a speech by his Democratic opponent for inaccuracies last fall in apparent

John Merrow: Why He Won’t Cover Rhee Anymore
John Merrow of PBS helped to make Michelle Rhee the national face of the privatization movement (often mistakenly called the “reform” movement). Merrow featured her on national television a dozen times, often adoringly. Like many others, he was impressed by her tough talk. But he came to realize that nothing she promised was happening. And he looked closer and found that the DC cheating scandal h


LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 9-12-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: Barbara Miner: The Voucher Boondoggle in MilwaukeeBarbara Miner is a veteran journalist and photographer who has been writing about education and Milwaukee for many years. Her most recent book tells the history of public education in Milwaukee: Lessons from the Heartland: A Turbulent Half-Century of Public Education in an Iconic Am