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Mayor Bloomberg and Chancellor Joel Klein have hoodwinked the public into thinking that conditions in our schools are improving.... [MORE] |
Ed Greenspan |
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I was reading your comments, and I was thinking about what the real role of the teacher is, because I... [MORE] |
Dulce Dedieu |
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After a daunting first year of teaching, I can see why so many teachers leave the profession. First, we are... [MORE] |
Donna |
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After reading this article and many of the comments, I felt I had to say something. I have been a... [MORE] |
Heather Perkins |
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One of the problems we have in this country is assigning blame…….We are great at blaming everyone else but not... [MORE] |
Bob Dean |
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Re. Don't Blame the Teacher By Diane Ravitch The responsibility for educating a child is placed squarely in the hands of... [MORE] |
Phyllis Cynthia Murray |
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When I first read Ravitch's article I thought....great points. Yes, in poorer nations children are hungry for learning and success.... [MORE] |
MLR |
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BRAVO to Diane Ravitch! Teachers know the truth. We do everything we can. We talk to the students and to... [MORE] |
Judith |
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Ms. Ravitch you are right. The detractors of public education in America have been fooling the public and even many... [MORE] |
Paul Preston, Inside Education, Educational Talk Radio |
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To get a real picture of where the U.S. stands in regards to other countries on public education, see the... [MORE] |
Debbie Smith |
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Ms.Ravitch starts her article with: "The meeting proceeded through the now-familiar litany of bad news: American students perform poorly on... [MORE] |
Paul Preston, Inside Education, Educational Talk Radio |
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Paul, by commenting on the "litany of bad news" regarding the state of our public school system, Ms. Ravitch is... [MORE] |
Debbie Smith |
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Thankfullly, we finally live in a state that has mandatory testing. It's a godsend since most of my childrens' teachers... [MORE] |
Moira |
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Everyone who can remember when tests were measures of student success rather than the teacher's... raise your hand....! And by the... [MORE] |
Michelle |
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Yes, BRAVO for NCLB, it is truly the first step in legislative efforts at public education reform. In addition to... [MORE] |
Debbie Smith |
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To Diane Ravitch: Thank you! [MORE] |
Dennis Fermoyle |
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I am a teacher and have been an assistant principal and a high school principal. I now work for the... [MORE] |
Mary |
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Diane Ravitch--this is an awesome statement. Politicians, business people, most conservatives, and all those others who could never hold their... [MORE] |
John E. Russo II |
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Those who want to blame the entire set of teachers for the state of education today have never bothered to... [MORE] |
Michelle |
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Diane Ravich is absolutely correct in identifying the source of America's educational woes in students' lack of work ethic. But... [MORE] |
Mary Hudson |
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I only partially agree, because I'm sure a very small percentage of students are as Ms. Ravitch describes. (A very... [MORE] |
Anne Spence |
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I agree with Ms. Ravitch that student apathy is a real problem in government schools and with many of the... [MORE] |
Crimson Wife |
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You are angry--that 's obvious. However, as a public school Teacher, with excellent evaluations and commendations, I know Diane Ravitch... [MORE] |
John E. Russo II |
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I was saddened to read the posting from the mother of the dyslexic student. Having been a special educator for... [MORE] |
Jeanne |
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Sorry to hear of your child's educational horror story. BTW, it's Johnny not Jonnie. Remember, teaching is a cultural act... [MORE] |
rb |
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I'm a Chinese student. No offense to all the teachers in the US, I have to say that, from a... [MORE] |
Vera |
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You dramatically made the case that politically correct textbooks reflect bad scholarship and are part of the problem in The... [MORE] |
Jon T. Hill |
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Get rid of active engagement with reflection, expressivism, WAC, and other "dumbed down" nonsense based on racial and gender stereotypes.... [MORE] |
Paul Cameron |
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As a committed liberal, I have never been a fan of Professor Ravitch's work--until now. It is good for both... [MORE] |
Bernard Freydberg |
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Teachers teach the content set forth by the state standards and benchmarks. They have some say in formal curriculum adoptions,... [MORE] |
Michelle |
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Who else is there to blame? Kids are sent to school. Teachers are paid to teach them. But they don't... |
Don Swearingen |
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Thank you for defending teachers. I taught special education for 17 years before being called to another career. I worked... [MORE] |
Nancy |
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It's not that most parents don't support their children in school and that they don't push their children to work... [MORE] |
Debbie Smith |
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School administrators are often caught between student need and lack of funding. This makes them horribly defensive, and have a... [MORE] |
Michelle |
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I appreciate the sentiment you are expressing to the notion that if parents simply refuse to accept "no" for an... [MORE] |
Debbie Smith |
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While it is true that many parents either lack knowhow and/or time in order to ensure the best education for... [MORE] |
Michelle |
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I agree with you that we need stronger legislation and better enforcement in our schools, but, the facts surrounding school... [MORE] |
Debbie Smith |
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What Ravitch says is true, as far as it goes, but some things are the fault of the teaching profession,... [MORE] |
Charles Connell |
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Kids get A's and B's for work that would have earned us C's and D's because when they get C's... [MORE] |
Michelle |
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To: Ms. Ravitch and the Editors No doubt the teachers are wrongfully blamed for the past several decades of public education... [MORE] |
Nancy Joyce Jancourtz |
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As the old saying goes, "You can't make chicken soup from chicken feathers". When most of a child's capacity for... [MORE] |
Harold Brown |
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I love this article ! I am a special ed dept. head in a urban high school. There are some... [MORE] |
Ben Hull |
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I am no expert, just a mother of four children, but I see that in families where there are high... [MORE] |
sonja moran |
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Finally someone hears what we teachers are saying. Notice that we are never included in the discussion. Why is that?... [MORE] |
Heather |
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Does no one hear the words of Jamie Vollmer? Students go to school and they are there no matter what... [MORE] |
Jaime Cordero |
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"The parents are the primary educators of their children. As your school we are here to help" We found this... [MORE] |
Linda Jalufka |
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To me, your article is clear and hits the 'Nail' right on the head. Your perspective is so obvious to... [MORE] |
Robert D. Mossman |
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I am in my late 50's and have been teaching for 6 years here in North Carolina. In all that... [MORE] |
Joe Grace |
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Throughout my years in education, particularly as an administrator, I have not always agreed with Diane Ravitch's ideas or conclusions,... [MORE] |
Jim Little |
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I know an outstanding teacher who recently asked her students what career path they were interested in. About 60% said... [MORE] |
Fred Jenson |
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The real reason why students are slackers, and why education is ridiculed, etc. is simple: students are forced to go... [MORE] |
David |
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Students are the primary agents of their own learning. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make... [MORE] |
Thomas Farrell |
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