This is the best defense of public schools I've come across. Americans who have not read this book are probably insufficiently informed to vote wisely in local and state elections.Contrary to what one might conclude from media reports, levels of educational achievement and graduation rates in the Un...
If you are like me and follow developments in education reform, you will be familiar with the many issues Ravitch confronts in this excellent book, but there is plenty here that will enlighten and infuriate. Ravitch convincingly reveals how the Bush administration's No Child Left Behind and the Obam...