State of Education

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 20, 2010

Education historian and former Assistant Secretary of Education Diane Ravitch talks about the state of the American education system.

In her book The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choices are Undermining Education , she analyzes research and speaks with educators, philanthropists, and business executives about the current direction of education reform. Ravitch reveals how her own opinion on school choice and market-driven accountability has changed over the past 40 years.

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