[lbo-talk] Ravitch on education

[Joanna]

You may be interested in listening to this five and one-half minute 
podcast featuring Diane Ravitch, a highly regarded historian of 
education, as well as an educational policy analyst and research 
professor at New York University's Steinhardt School of Education. She 
was also Assistant Secretary of Education under Bush #1.

http://learningmatters.tv/blog/podcasts/race-to-the-top-podcast-play-money/3428/ 
<http://learningmatters.tv/blog/podcasts/race-to-the-top-podcast-play-money/3428/>

A portion of this interview was featured on the Lehrer NewsHour last week.

Ravitch is a highly outspoken critic of the ed reform schemes concocted 
by the venture philanthropists and their corporate friends, and so 
consequently, of President Obama and Arne Duncan's education policies. 
Her new book will be released in a few months: The Death and Life of the 
Great American School System: How Testing and Choice are Undermining 
Education 
<http://www.amazon.com/Death-Great-American-School-System/dp/0465014917/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1258650685&sr=1-1>. 
Her tweets are also interesting to read: http://twitter.com/DianeRav 
<http://twitter.com/DianeRav>.