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Diane Ravitch is an American historian and education policy analyst. She is recognized for her extensive work in the field of education, particularly her research on the history of American education and her criticism of the No Child Left Behind Act.

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“In DC, policymakers think that if we can only have high enough standards, tough enough tests, and hold people accountable, we can close the achievement gap. And it hasn't happened. Yet the new law, the Every Student Succeeds Act, is based on the same test-based and market-driven framework and ideology, except it lets the states do it.”

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“Can teachers successfully educate children to think for themselves if teachers are not treated as professionals who think for themselves?”

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Book:The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education

Source: The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education

“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.”

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Book:The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education

Source: The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education

“You can't lead your troops if your troops do not trust you.”

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Book:The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education

Source: The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education

“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?”

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Book:Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America's Public Schools

Source: Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America's Public Schools