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Diane Ravitch on What's Really Important in the US Education System

American education historian Diane Ravitch believes education reform should focus on getting children out of poverty, not finding the bad teachers.

 

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Tags: charter, poverty, schools, standards, testing

Comment by Viv Goldsmith on March 8, 2011 at 22:13
Thanks Chirs for sharing this... thrilled to think that someone out there is tellng this story. talking about the impact of poverty on children and the importance of terrific teachers and strong unions. Wonderful.. mind blowing!  Will the government please listen??!!

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