Diane Ravitch

Diane Ravitch
Ravitch in 2011
Born
Diane Silvers

(1938-07-01) July 1, 1938 (age 86)
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Alma materWellesley College
Columbia University
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
(m. 1960; div. 1986)
PartnerMary Butz (1988 - present)
WebsiteOfficial website
Notes

Diane Silvers Ravitch (born July 1, 1938) 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. Previously, she was a U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education. In 2010, she became "an activist on behalf of public schools".[6] Her blog at DianeRavitch.net has received more than 36 million page views since she began blogging in 2012. Ravitch writes for the New York Review of Books.[7]

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  3. ^ Green, Elizabeth (July 1, 2008). "Happy Birthday Diane Ravitch". New York Sun. Retrieved May 16, 2009. ...only Jew in Brooklyn to have her own priest
  4. ^ "The Albert Shanker Institute - Board of Directors". Archived from the original on August 19, 2008. Retrieved May 16, 2009.
  5. ^ "Gaudium Award 2005 - The Breukelein Institute". Retrieved May 16, 2009. Gaudium Award 2005
  6. ^ Ravitch, Diane (April 10, 2020). "The Coronavirus Just Might End School Privatization Nonsense". Education Week. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  7. ^ "Diane Ravitch". New York Review Books. Retrieved December 4, 2017.