After Words

After Words: Diane Ravitch, "The Death and Life of the Great American School System," interviewed by Valerie Strauss, Washington Post

About the Program

Former Assistant Secretary of Education and Brookings Institution fellow analyzes what she calls the death of the American school system through too much testing.  She speaks with Washington Post education reporter Valerie Strauss.

About the Authors

Diane Ravitch

Diane Ravitch is the author of several books including "Left Back: A Century of Battles Over School Reform." Ms. Ravitch served as assistant secretary in charge of research in the U.S. Department of Education during the first Bush administration and later was appointed to the National Assessment Governing Board by Bill Clinton. She is currently an historian and research professor at New York University and a Nonresident Senior Fellow at Brookings Institution.


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After Words: Diane Ravitch, "The Death and Life of the Great American School System," interviewed by Valerie Strauss, Washington Post

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Past Airings

  • Sunday, March 28th at 12pm (ET)
  • Monday, March 22nd at 3am (ET)
  • Monday, March 22nd at 12am (ET)
  • Sunday, March 21st at 9pm (ET)
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