Can teachers successfully educate children to think for themselves if teachers are not treated as professionals who think for themselves?
Diane RavitchUnless the schools provide our children with a vision of human possibility that enlightens and empowers them with knowledge and taste, they will simply play their role in someone else's marketing schemes. Unless they understand deeply the sources of our democracy, they will take it for granted and fail to exercise their rights and responsibilities.
Diane RavitchAmerican education has been littered with failed fads and foolish ideas for the past century.
Diane Ravitch