History of IDEA
Jeannie Oakes, Founder and Former Director
Youth Voice in School Finance
NEW REPORT: Los Angeles' road to A-G for all
Without Dollars and Sense Powerpoint
Past Educational Opportunity Reports
Brooks/Ravitch continued
- 07-06-2011
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Blog by P. L. Thomas/Schools Matter
The New York Times has published Diane Ravitch's measured and accurate response to Brooks' attack on her and the voice of educators and scholars who are refuting the hollow new-reformer movement in education spawned under the Obama administration (Duncan, Gates, Rhee, Gates). Brooks' strawman tactics resonate with the public and echo the ideological claims of the new reformers, but the evidence-based and nuance responses to these tactics tend to be marginalized and misrepresented in the media and among the self-proclaimed reformers themselves. The NYT has requested letters in response to Ravitch's response: And here is what I sent, though I suspect it may not see print: What do David Brooks' claims about education reform and criticism of Diane Ravitch have in common? They are incomplete and inaccurate. (more...)
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