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Ravitch: A place where public education is working - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

Ravitch: A place where public education is working - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post:

Ravitch: A place where public education is working

This was written by education historian Diane Ravitch for her Bridging Differences blog, which she co-authors with Deborah Meier on the Education Week website. Ravitch and Meier exchange letters about what matters most in education. Ravitch, a research professor at New York University, is the author of the bestselling “The Death and Life of the Great American School System,” an important critique of the flaws in the modern school reform movement that she just updated.

Dear Deborah,

As I travel the country, I am frequently asked to identify an urban distric