Diane Ravitch
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Bio
Former assistant secretary for educational research and improvement
Former professor of history and education at Columbia University's Teachers College
Former adviser to Poland's Ministry of Education.
Author, The Language Police: How Pressure Groups Restrict What Students Learn (Alfred A. Knopf, 2003); Left Back: A Century of Failed School Reforms; National Standards in American Education: A Citizen's Guide; What Do Our 17-Year-Olds Know?
Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution
Appearances on CUNY TV
Bob Herbert's Op-Ed.TV
- Diane Ravitch: An Education - Pt 1/3
November 11, 2025
City Talk
- Diane Ravitch, author, "The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice are Undermining Education." Pt. 1 of 2
June 1, 2010 - Diane Ravitch, author, "The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice are Undermining Education." Pt. 2 of 2
June 1, 2010 - Diane Ravitch, Research Professor of Education at New York University, Pt. 2of 2
November 20, 2007 - Diane Ravitch, Research Professor of Education at New York University, Pt. 1 of 2
November 20, 2007
Education Forum
- The Current State of Education in New York
January 26, 2010 - Highlights
June 13, 2001 - Standards in NYC & State
December 5, 2000 - Social Promotion
February 9, 1999
Moyers & Company
- Public Schools for Sale?
April 7, 2014
One to One
Women to Women
- Diane Ravitch, Research Professor, New York University
October 20, 2004
