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Nonresident Senior Fellow

Diane Ravitch

Diane Ravitch

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Governance Studies

An education historian and former assistant secretary of education for research, Diane Ravitch specializes in education policy issues such as standards and testing, and the governance of education. She recently wrote The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education.



Expertise

Education standards; Elementary and secondary education; Testing and textbooks

Background

Current Positions
Research Professor, New York University

Past Positions
Assistant Secretary for Educational Research and Improvement and Counselor to the Secretary, U.S. Department of Education (George H.W. Bush Administration); Member, National Assessment Governing Board, 1997-2004 (Bill Clinton Administration); Adviser, Teachers Solidarity and the Ministry of Education, Poland

Education

Ph.D., Columbia University, 1975; B.A., Wellesley, 1960


Research and Commentary

Save to My PortfolioThe Myth of Charter SchoolsNovember 11, 2010The New York Review of Books
Save to My PortfolioIs Education on the Wrong Track?March 18, 2010The New Republic
Save to My PortfolioGet Congress Out of the ClassroomOctober 03, 2007The New York Times
Save to My PortfolioFirst, Get the KnowledgeMay 25, 2007The New York Sun
Save to My PortfolioEvery State Left BehindNovember 07, 2005The New York Times
Save to My PortfolioEthnomathematicsJune 20, 2005The Wall Street Journal
Save to My PortfolioRefocus Head Start on its Mission: EducationJanuary 17, 2003The Wichita Eagle
Save to My PortfolioEducational InsensitivityJune 05, 2002The New York Times
Save to My PortfolioNow is the Time to Teach DemocracyOctober 17, 2001Education Week
Save to My PortfolioWho Says Parents Oppose Standards-Based Reform?February 19, 2001The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
Save to My PortfolioSummer School Isn't a SolutionMarch 03, 2000The New York Times
Save to My PortfolioStudent Performance: The National Agenda in EducationWinter 1999The Brookings Institution

More Research and Commentary »

Contact Information

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