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Diane Ravitch Quotes

Teachers’ working conditions are students’ learning conditions Picture Quote #1

The reformers define the purpose of education as preparation for global competitiveness, higher education, or the workforce. They view students as human capital or assets. One seldom sees any reference in their literature or public declarations to the importance of developing full persons to assume the responsibilities of citizenship Picture Quote #1

There is something fundamentally antidemocratic about relinquishing control of the public education policy agenda to private foundations run by society’s wealthiest people; when the wealthiest of these foundations are joined in common purpose, they represent an unusually powerful force that is beyond the reach of democratic institutions Picture Quote #1

If charter schools are not more successful on average than the public schools they replace, what is accomplished by demolishing public education? What is the rationale for authorizing for-profit charters or charter management organizations with high-paid executives, since their profits and high salaries are paid by taxpayers’ dollars? Picture Quote #1

American Education has a long history of infatuation with fads and ill-considered 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? Picture Quote #1

Sometimes the most brilliant and intelligent minds do not shine in standardized tests because they do not have standardized minds Picture Quote #1

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You can’t lead your troops if your troops do not trust you Picture Quote #1

Accountability makes no sense when it undermines the larger goals of education Picture Quote #1

American education has been littered with failed fads and foolish ideas for the past century Picture Quote #1

Those who can’t teach, pass laws about how to evaluate teachers Picture Quote #1

Testing children until they cry is a bad idea. It is an educational malpractice Picture Quote #1

Privatizing our public schools makes as much sense as privatizing the fire department or or the police department Picture Quote #1

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One of the persistent ironies of reform is the impossibility of predicting the full consequences of change Picture Quote #1

When you realize that your history books and your science books and your literature books are not the result of experts sitting down and making it a wise decision, but of political pressure groups coming to the state textbook hearings, this is wrong Picture Quote #1

What is happening to teachers now across this nation is a disgrace. The attacks on them are a blot on our nation. Teachers and students are not different interest groups. Anyone who demeans teachers demeans education and hurts children Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

There is something fundamentally antidemocratic about relinquishing control of the public education policy agenda to private foundations run by society’s wealthiest people; when the wealthiest of these foundations are joined in common purpose, they represent an unusually powerful force that is beyond the reach of democratic institutions Picture Quote #1

Without knowledge and understanding, one tends to become a passive spectator rather than an active participant in the great decisions of our time Picture Quote #1

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Unless the schools provide our children with a vision of human possibility that enlightens and empowers them with knowledge and taste, they will simply play their role in someone else’s marketing schemes. Unless they understand deeply the sources of our democracy, they will take it for granted and fail to exercise their rights and responsibilities Picture Quote #1

What should we think of someone who never admits error, never entertains doubt but adheres unflinchingly to the same ideas all his life, regardless of new evidence? Doubt and skepticism are signs of rationality. When we are too certain of our opinions, we run the risk of ignoring any evidence that conflicts with our views. It is doubt that shows we are still thinking, still willing to reexamine hardened beliefs when confronted with new facts and new evidence Picture Quote #1

The foundations demand that public schools and teachers be held accountable for performance, but they themselves are accountable to no one. If their plans fail, no sanctions are levied against them. They are bastions of unaccountability Picture Quote #1

Testing is not a substitute for curriculum and instruction. Good education cannot be achieved by a strategy of testing children, shaming educators, and closing schools Picture Quote #1

Can teachers successfully educate children to think for themselves if teachers are not treated as professionals who think for themselves? Picture Quote #1

Congress and state legislatures should not tell teachers how to teach, any more than they should tell surgeons how to perform operations Picture Quote #1

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The ladder was there, from the gutter to the university, and for those stalwart enough to ascend it, the schools were a boon and a path out of poverty Picture Quote #1

When you succeed at keeping almost everyone in school, you must figure out ways to educate everyone you keep in school Picture Quote #1

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Teachers’ working conditions are students’ learning conditions (Diane Ravitch Quotes) The reformers define the purpose of education as preparation for global competitiveness, higher education, or the workforce. They view students as human capital or assets. One seldom sees any reference in their literature or public declarations to the importance of developing full persons to assume the responsibilities of citizenship. (Diane Ravitch Quotes) There is something fundamentally antidemocratic about relinquishing control of the public education policy agenda to private foundations run by society’s wealthiest people; when the wealthiest of these foundations are joined in common purpose, they represent an unusually powerful force that is beyond the reach of democratic institutions. (Diane Ravitch Quotes) If charter schools are not more successful on average than the public schools they replace, what is accomplished by demolishing public education? What is the rationale for authorizing for-profit charters or charter management organizations with high-paid executives, since their profits and high salaries are paid by taxpayers’ dollars? (Diane Ravitch Quotes) American Education has a long history of infatuation with fads and ill-considered 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 Quotes) Sometimes the most brilliant and intelligent minds do not shine in standardized tests because they do not have standardized minds (Diane Ravitch Quotes) You can’t lead your troops if your troops do not trust you (Diane Ravitch Quotes) Accountability makes no sense when it undermines the larger goals of education (Diane Ravitch Quotes) American education has been littered with failed fads and foolish ideas for the past century (Diane Ravitch Quotes) Those who can’t teach, pass laws about how to evaluate teachers (Diane Ravitch Quotes) Testing children until they cry is a bad idea. It is an educational malpractice (Diane Ravitch Quotes) Privatizing our public schools makes as much sense as privatizing the fire department or or the police department (Diane Ravitch Quotes) One of the persistent ironies of reform is the impossibility of predicting the full consequences of change (Diane Ravitch Quotes) When you realize that your history books and your science books and your literature books are not the result of experts sitting down and making it a wise decision, but of political pressure groups coming to the state textbook hearings, this is wrong (Diane Ravitch Quotes) What is happening to teachers now across this nation is a disgrace. The attacks on them are a blot on our nation. Teachers and students are not different interest groups. Anyone who demeans teachers demeans education and hurts children (Diane Ravitch Quotes) 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 Quotes) There is something fundamentally antidemocratic about relinquishing control of the public education policy agenda to private foundations run by society’s wealthiest people; when the wealthiest of these foundations are joined in common purpose, they represent an unusually powerful force that is beyond the reach of democratic institutions (Diane Ravitch Quotes) Without knowledge and understanding, one tends to become a passive spectator rather than an active participant in the great decisions of our time (Diane Ravitch Quotes) Unless the schools provide our children with a vision of human possibility that enlightens and empowers them with knowledge and taste, they will simply play their role in someone else’s marketing schemes. Unless they understand deeply the sources of our democracy, they will take it for granted and fail to exercise their rights and responsibilities (Diane Ravitch Quotes) What should we think of someone who never admits error, never entertains doubt but adheres unflinchingly to the same ideas all his life, regardless of new evidence? Doubt and skepticism are signs of rationality. When we are too certain of our opinions, we run the risk of ignoring any evidence that conflicts with our views. It is doubt that shows we are still thinking, still willing to reexamine hardened beliefs when confronted with new facts and new evidence (Diane Ravitch Quotes) The foundations demand that public schools and teachers be held accountable for performance, but they themselves are accountable to no one. If their plans fail, no sanctions are levied against them. They are bastions of unaccountability (Diane Ravitch Quotes) Testing is not a substitute for curriculum and instruction. Good education cannot be achieved by a strategy of testing children, shaming educators, and closing schools (Diane Ravitch Quotes) Can teachers successfully educate children to think for themselves if teachers are not treated as professionals who think for themselves? (Diane Ravitch Quotes) Congress and state legislatures should not tell teachers how to teach, any more than they should tell surgeons how to perform operations (Diane Ravitch Quotes) The ladder was there, from the gutter to the university, and for those stalwart enough to ascend it, the schools were a boon and a path out of poverty (Diane Ravitch Quotes) When you succeed at keeping almost everyone in school, you must figure out ways to educate everyone you keep in school (Diane Ravitch Quotes)