Quotes of Diane Ravitch - somelinesforyou

“ Congress and state legislatures should not tell teachers how to teach, any more than they should tell surgeons how to perform operations. ”

- Diane Ravitch

“ American Education has a long history of infatuation with fads and illconsidered ideas. The current obsession with making our schools work like a business may be the worst of them, for it threatens to destroy public education. Who will Stand up to the tycoons and politicians and tell them so? ”

- Diane Ravitch

“ Privatizing our public schools makes as much sense as privatizing the fire department or or the police department ”

- Diane Ravitch

“ We will continue to chase rainbows unless we recognize that they are rainbows and there is no pot of gold at the end of them. ”

- Diane Ravitch

“ Congress and state legislatures should not tell teachers how to teach, any more than they should tell surgeons how to perform operations. ”

- Diane Ravitch

“ American Education has a long history of infatuation with fads and illconsidered ideas. The current obsession with making our schools work like a business may be the worst of them, for it threatens to destroy public education. Who will Stand up to the tycoons and politicians and tell them so? ”

- Diane Ravitch

“ Privatizing our public schools makes as much sense as privatizing the fire department or or the police department ”

- Diane Ravitch

“ We will continue to chase rainbows unless we recognize that they are rainbows and there is no pot of gold at the end of them. ”

- Diane Ravitch

“ The person who knows "how" will always have a job. The person who knows "why" will always be his boss. ”

- Diane Ravitch

“ These stats are meaningless in the absence of a common test and common standards. ”

- Diane Ravitch

“ This process of self-censorship is ubiquitous and that those who do it believe that they are doing the right thing. That they call it "sensitivity" and "fairness" review without realizing that they are censoring to placate pressure groups, or in anticipation of protests. ”

- Diane Ravitch

“ The person who knows "how" will always have a job. The person who knows "why" will always be his boss. ”

- Diane Ravitch

“ These stats are meaningless in the absence of a common test and common standards. ”

- Diane Ravitch

“ This process of self-censorship is ubiquitous and that those who do it believe that they are doing the right thing. That they call it "sensitivity" and "fairness" review without realizing that they are censoring to placate pressure groups, or in anticipation of protests. ”

- Diane Ravitch

“ The person who knows "how" will always have a job. The person who knows "why" will always be his boss. ”

- Diane Ravitch

“ The middle kids are the ones who are lost - they tend to be forgotten by federal policy. The mediocrity of which everyone complains is what are most likely to suffer from, and without the push and the prod to achieve, they won't make it. ”

- Diane Ravitch

“ The person who knows "how" will always have a job. The person who knows "why" will always be his boss. ”

- Diane Ravitch

“ This process of self-censorship is ubiquitous and that those who do it believe that they are doing the right thing. That they call it "sensitivity" and "fairness" review without realizing that they are censoring to placate pressure groups, or in anticipation of protests. ”

- Diane Ravitch

“ Of course, all students should learn African history, as they should learn the history of other continents and major civilizations. But this history should be taught accurately and based on the best scholarship, not ideology or politics. ”

- Diane Ravitch

“ The person who knows "how" will always have a job. The person who knows "why" will always be his boss. ”

- Diane Ravitch

“ Removing books from the library is a no-no. ”

- Diane Ravitch

“ The middle kids are the ones who are lost - they tend to be forgotten by federal policy. The mediocrity of which everyone complains is what are most likely to suffer from, and without the push and the prod to achieve, they won't make it. ”

- Diane Ravitch

“ This process of self-censorship is ubiquitous and that those who do it believe that they are doing the right thing. That they call it "sensitivity" and "fairness" review without realizing that they are censoring to placate pressure groups, or in anticipation of protests. ”

- Diane Ravitch

“ Of course, all students should learn African history, as they should learn the history of other continents and major civilizations. But this history should be taught accurately and based on the best scholarship, not ideology or politics. ”

- Diane Ravitch

“ These stats are meaningless in the absence of a common test and common standards. ”

- Diane Ravitch

“ These stats are meaningless in the absence of a common test and common standards. ”

- Diane Ravitch

“ Removing books from the library is a no-no. ”

- Diane Ravitch

“ This process of self-censorship is ubiquitous and that those who do it believe that they are doing the right thing. That they call it "sensitivity" and "fairness" review without realizing that they are censoring to placate pressure groups, or in anticipation of protests. ”

- Diane Ravitch

“ Removing books from the library is a no-no. ”

- Diane Ravitch

“ The person who knows "how" will always have job. The person who knows "why" will always be his boss. ”

- Diane Ravitch
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