By Patrick WalshMar 4, 2016
This is a book about choices that have changed the United States from a place “that offered decent opportunity for all the kids in town” to a place that is increasingly divided between those who have almost everything and those who have almost nothing. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
By Patrick WalshApr 17, 2015
This book asks the questions at the root of education: What is teaching? How does it take place? What is the process? And the question at the heart of the matter: How does teaching differ from learning? Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
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Teaching in the American public school system, in another 10 years, could be reduced to a temp job or a micromanaged performance scripted by corporations. Who are the people behind this implosion? Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
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By Patrick WalshDec 6, 2013
As educational reforms themselves grow ever more strident, standardized and, yes, totalitarian in structure, Diane Ravitch embodies the institutional memory that no totalitarian system can abide.As educational reforms grow ever more strident, Diane Ravitch's new book embodies the institutional memory that no totalitarian system can abide. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
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