1. Diane Silvers Ravitch was born on July 1,1938 and is a historian of education, an educational policy analyst, and a research professor at New York University's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development.
19 Facts About Diane Ravitch
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Diane Ravitch is a graduate of Wellesley College and earned a PhD from Columbia University.
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Diane Ravitch began her career as an editorial assistant at the liberal New Leader magazine.
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Diane Ravitch served as Assistant Secretary of Education under Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander from 1991 to 1993 and his successor Richard Riley appointed her to serve as a member of the National Assessment Governing Board, which supervises the National Assessment of Educational Progress; she was a member of NAGB from 1997 to 2004.
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From 1994 to 2020, Diane Ravitch was Research Professor of Education at New York University's Steinhardt School of Culture, Human Development, and Education.
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Diane Ravitch participated in a "blog debate" called "Bridging Differences" with Steinhardt School colleague Deborah Meier on the website of Education Week from February 26,2007 until September 2012.
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Diane Ravitch's blog is one of the leading education forums in the world, having received more than 36 million page views.
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In 2013, Diane Ravitch worked with writer and former teacher, Anthony Cody, to create the Network for Public Education, which is a foundation dedicated to fighting against educational corporate reforms.
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Diane Ravitch's first book The Great School Wars is a history of New York City public schools.
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Diane Ravitch's book The Language Police was a criticism of both left-wing and right-wing attempts to stifle the study and expression of views deemed unworthy by those groups.
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Diane Ravitch critiqued the punitive uses of accountability to fire teachers and close schools, as well as replacing public schools with charter schools and relying on superstar teachers.
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Diane Ravitch said that the charter school and testing reform movement was started by billionaires and "right wing think tanks like The Heritage Foundation" for the purpose of destroying public education and teachers' unions.
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Diane Ravitch's next book Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and Its Danger to America's Public Schools was a national bestseller.
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Diane Ravitch describes in detail the policies that are needed to improve the lives of children and families, based on research, and beginning with prenatal care for all pregnant women.
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Diane Ravitch became associated with Core Knowledge movement, championed by E D Hirsch.
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Diane Ravitch continued to work with Hirsch calling for more attention to curriculum and instruction.
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Diane Ravitch turned her attention to poverty and racial segregation as the main causes of low student achievement.
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Diane Ravitch married Richard Ravitch in 1960; they divorced in 1986.
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Diane Ravitch has published hundreds of articles in scholarly and popular journals.