Historical yet Predictive Future of Education

I ran across this Fall 2000 Atlantic Monthly interview with policy analyst and education historian Dianne Ravitch (definitely read her Left Back if you have a chance). I feel that she has a wonderful understanding of the past course of American education and addresses some very pertinent issues such as standards testing, Head Start, and use of the SAT. While her views aren't expressed in-depth through the interview, just reading older thoughts on current issues is quite interesting.

An interesting note: Ms. Ravitch was an educational policy advisor to the Bush campaign but is also a fellow at the Brookings Institution, normally seen as democratic leaning.

Interview - 2000.11.01
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