Diane Ravitch News

Reviews and Other Press

Library Journal, starred review, February 2010.
Richard D. Kahlenberg, "Re-education: Conservative Education Scholar Diane Ravitch Returns to Her Liberal Roots," Washington Monthly, March/April 2010.
Nick Anderson, "Business Principles Won't Work for School Reform, Former Supporter Ravitch Says," Washington Post, February 26, 2010.
Valerie Strauss, "Why You Should Read Diane Ravitch's New Book," The Answer Sheet, Washington Post, February 26, 2010.
Robert Pondiscio, "Diane Ravitch: A Prophet Without Honor," Core Knowledge blog, February 26, 2010.
Peter Schrag, book review, Los Angeles Times, February 28, 2010.
Kenneth Bernstein (teacherken), book review, Daily Kos, February 28, 2010.
Kate Tuttle, "Little Dead Schoolhouse," Boston Globe, February 28, 2010.
Gary Stager, "The Book Every Educator Should Read," Stager-to-Go, March 1, 2010.
David L. Kirp, "The Great School Delusion," American Prospect, March 1, 2010.
Andrew Wolf, "Ravitch Offers Passionate Defense of America's Public School System," New York Sun, March 2, 2010.
Arthur Goldstein, "Ravitch Reveals All," GothamSchools, March 2, 2010.
Alan Gottlieb, "Ravitch Is Right... and Wrong," Huffington Post, March 2, 2010.
Chester E. Finn Jr., "School's Out," Forbes, March 3, 2010.
Sam Dillon, "Scholar's School Reform U-Turn Shakes Up Debate," New York Times, March 3, 2010.
Danny Westneat, "Firings No Answer for Schools," Seattle Times, March 3, 2010.
Valerie Strauss, "Race to the Top Finalists and the 'Ick' Factor," The Answer Sheet, Washington Post, March 4, 2010.
Debra Viadero, "In New Book, Ravitch Recants Long-Held Beliefs," Education Week, March 4, 2010.
Maureen Downey, "Diane Ravitch: Education Has Become Search And Destroy Mission and Teachers Are Often the Targets," Get Schooled, Atlanta Journal-Consitution, March 5, 2010.
Scott Eblin, "What Are We Incenting?" GovernmentExecutive.com, March 5, 2010.
Robert VerBruggen, "Two New Works on Education Policy," National Review Online, March 5, 2010.
Gilbert Cruz, book review, Time, March 15, 2010.
Bruce Walsh, "Bad News for Schools: Life Is Not a Standardized Test," Metro International, March 7, 2010.
Kevin Anthony Stoda, "Obama Is Not Even Trying to Be an Education President," OpEdNews.com, March 7, 2010.
Las Vegas Sun, "Teaching Our Children," editorial, March 8, 2010.
Daytona Beach News-Journal, "The Ravitch Test," editorial, March 8, 2010.
Clive McFarlane, "A Change of Heart on No Child," Telegram.com (Worcester Telegram & Gazette), March 8, 2010.
Steve Wood, book review, Educators' News blog, March 9, 2010.
Jay Mathews, "Ravitch, Unpredictable, Still Likes NCLB Basics," Class Struggle, Washington Post, March 9, 2010.
Greg Toppo, "Scholar Diane Ravitch: 'We've Lost Sight' of Schools' Goal," USA Today, March 9, 2010.
Steve Koss, book review, NYC Public School Parents blog, March 10, 2010.
Sara Mosle, "Facing Up to Our Ignorance," Slate, March 11, 2010.
Dennis Pierce, "Critics: Obama’s Ed Policies No Better than Bush’s," eSchool News, March 12, 2010.

Recent Interviews and Speeches (see also Media)

National Public Radio, "Former 'No Child Left Behind' Advocate Turns Critic," interview with Steve Inskeep, March 2, 2010.
NRO Radio, interview with John J. Miller, March 2, 2010.
Democracy Now, interview with Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, March 5, 2010.
WNYC, interview on the Brian Lehrer Show, March 8, 2010.
Living in Dialogue (blog), interview with Anthony Cody, March 8, 2010.
American Enterprise Institute, speech and discussion, with Frederick M. Hess, William A. Galston, Mark Schneider, and Dennis Van Roekel, March 10, 2010.
WAMU 88.5 FM, interview with Diane Rehm, March 11, 2010.
eSN.TV, interview with eSchool News, February 11, 2010; posted March 12, 2010.

Schedule of Events

March 14: NYC, National Conference of State Legislatures, New York Sheraton, (With Deborah Meier), 9-10:30 a.m.
March 15: Washington, D.C., Economic Policy Institute, with Carmel Martin, Bill Galston, and Randi Weingarten, Paul Wellstone Room, 3rd Floor, East Tower, 1333 H Street NW, 2:30 p.m.
March 15: Washington, D.C., Book reception, American Federation of Teachers, 5-6:30 p.m.
March 24: NYC, Teachers College, Columbia University, introduced by Provost Thomas James, with remarks by Professor Henry Levin, 5-7 p.m.
March 31: NYC, Manhattan Institute, Harvard Club, with respondent Frederick M. Hess, 12-2 p.m.
April 5: Boston, Boston Teachers Union, BTU Hall, 4:00 p.m.
April 6: Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Graduate School of Education, 5:30-7:00 p.m.
April 9: Chicago, DePaul University, Student Center, 2250 N. Sheffield, Room 325, 1-3 p.m.
April 9: Chicago, UIC College of Education, Student Center East, 750 S. Halsted, 5-7 p.m.
April 10: Chicago, National School Boards Association, 1:30-2:45 p.m.
April 12: Los Angeles, UCLA, with Professor Mike Rose, Covel Commons, 4-6 p.m.
April 14: Stanford University, with Professor Linda Darling-Hammond, 5-7 p.m.
April 15: Berkeley, University of California at Berkeley, 7-9 p.m.
April 28: Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture, details TBA
April 29: Denver, book talk and signing, Tattered Cover, 2526 East Colfax Ave., 7:30 p.m.
April 30: Denver, Donnell-Kay Foundation, breakfast event, Manual High School, 1700 East 28th Avenue, 8:30 a.m.