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Diane Ravitch

Former assistant secretary of education under President George H.W. Bush.

StoryNov 20, 2024

Trump Nominates Wrestling CEO Linda McMahon as Education Secretary Amid Push to Abolish Dept. of Ed.

StoryDec 23, 2020

Diane Ravitch: Biden’s Pick for Education Secretary Must Overturn DeVos’s Attack on Public Schools

StoryDec 01, 2016

Public (School) Enemy No. 1: Billionaire Betsy DeVos, Trump’s Pick for Education Secretary

StoryMay 28, 2013

Chicago to Shutter 50 Public Schools: Is Historic Mass Closure an Experiment in Privatization?

StoryAug 26, 2011

“Poverty Is the Problem”: Efforts to Cut Education Funding, Expand Standardized Testing Assailed

StoryJul 30, 2010

Obama Defends Sweeping Education Reforms in Face of Criticism from Minority and Teachers’ Groups

StoryMar 05, 2010

Leading Education Scholar Diane Ravitch: No Child Left Behind Has Left US Schools with Legacy of “Institutionalized Fraud”

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