Without knowledge and understanding, one tends to become a passive spectator rather than an active participant in the great decisions of our time.
Diane RavitchThe ladder was there, from the gutter to the university, and for those stalwart enough to ascend it, the schools were a boon and a path out of poverty.
Diane RavitchAmerican education has been littered with failed fads and foolish ideas for the past century.
Diane Ravitch