Wednesday, March 07, 2007

Ravitch - Former Asst. U S Sec of Edu under G H W Bush, Warns Educators

In her speech titled “The Future of Teacher Education in a Hostile Environment,” Diane Ravitch, the New York University professor and noted education historian spoke about deliberate attempts to cast aside public education.

“Today, we face a situation that can be described as a crisis,” Ravitch told many of the 2,600 American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education conferees. “People in the past did not say public education needs to be dismantled, but today, there are critics who feel the public education system is obsolete.” The “crisis talk,” she added, is “used as a rationale to destroy confidence” and to further the argument for privatizing schools.

Ravitch urged educators to make their voices heard collectively on the No Child Left Behind Act, which is due for reauthorization this year, and to prepare high-quality educators.

See the Education Week article.

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