Privatizing our public schools makes as much sense as privatizing the fire department or or the police department
Diane RavitchTags: education
American Education has a long history of infatuation with fads and ill-considered ideas. The current obsession with making our schools work like a business may be the worst of them, for it threatens to destroy public education. Who will Stand up to the tycoons and politicians and tell them so?
Diane RavitchTags: education
Congress and state legislatures should not tell teachers how to teach, any more than they should tell surgeons how to perform operations.
Diane RavitchTags: education
The person who knows ‘how’ will always have a job. The person who knows ‘why’ will always be his boss.
Diane RavitchWhat should we think of someone who never admits error, never entertains doubt but adheres unflinchingly to the same ideas all his life, regardless of new evidence? Doubt and skepticism are signs of rationality. When we are too certain of our opinions, we run the risk of ignoring any evidence that conflicts with our views. It is doubt that shows we are still thinking, still willing to reexamine hardened beliefs when confronted with new facts and new evidence.
Diane RavitchCan teachers successfully educate children to think for themselves if teachers are not treated as professionals who think for themselves?
Diane RavitchTags: education teachers teachers-know-best school-reform
You can't lead your troops if your troops do not trust you.
Diane RavitchTags: administration school-reform mayoral-control
Testing is not a substitute for curriculum and instruction. Good education cannot be achieved by a strategy of testing children, shaming educators, and closing schools.
Diane RavitchTags: education school testing
Going to school is not the same as going shopping. Parents should not be burdened with locating a suitable school for their child. They should be able to take their child to the neighborhood public school as a matter of course and expect that it has well-educated teachers and a sound educational program.
Diane RavitchTags: schools public-education
Without knowledge and understanding, one tends to become a passive spectator rather than an active participant in the great decisions of our time.
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