I am a teacher and have been an assistant principal and a high school principal. I now work for the... [MORE]
Mary
Jun 15, 2007 20:07
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
Jun 15, 2007 15:36
Those who want to blame the entire set of teachers for the state of education today have never bothered to... [MORE]
Michelle
Jun 15, 2007 13:08
Diane Ravich is absolutely correct in identifying the source of America's educational woes in students' lack of work ethic. But... [MORE]
Mary Hudson
Jun 15, 2007 11:39
I only partially agree, because I'm sure a very small percentage of students are as Ms. Ravitch describes. (A very... [MORE]
Anne Spence
Jun 15, 2007 08:27
I agree with Ms. Ravitch that student apathy is a real problem in government schools and with many of the... [MORE]
Crimson Wife
Jun 15, 2007 15:44
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
Jun 15, 2007 16:12
I was saddened to read the posting from the mother of the dyslexic student. Having been a special educator for... [MORE]
Jeanne
Jun 18, 2007 10:25
Sorry to hear of your child's educational horror story. BTW, it's Johnny not Jonnie. Remember, teaching is a cultural act... [MORE]
rb
Aug 24, 2007 21:36
I'm a Chinese student. No offense to all the teachers in the US, I have to say that, from a... [MORE]
Vera
Oct 8, 2007 09:22
You dramatically made the case that politically correct textbooks reflect bad scholarship and are part of the problem in The... [MORE]
Jon T. Hill
Jun 14, 2007 19:36
Get rid of active engagement with reflection, expressivism, WAC, and other "dumbed down" nonsense based on racial and gender stereotypes.... [MORE]
Paul Cameron
Jun 14, 2007 19:18
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
Jun 14, 2007 19:06
Teachers teach the content set forth by the state standards and benchmarks. They have some say in formal curriculum adoptions,... [MORE]
Michelle
Jun 15, 2007 13:25
Who else is there to blame? Kids are sent to school. Teachers are paid to teach them. But they don't... [MORE]
Don Swearingen
Jun 14, 2007 19:05
Thank you for defending teachers. I taught special education for 17 years before being called to another career. I worked... [MORE]
Nancy
Jun 14, 2007 15:30
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
Jun 14, 2007 14:16
School administrators are often caught between student need and lack of funding. This makes them horribly defensive, and have a... [MORE]
Michelle
Jun 15, 2007 13:43
I appreciate the sentiment you are expressing to the notion that if parents simply refuse to accept "no" for an... [MORE]
Debbie Smith
Jun 16, 2007 17:06
While it is true that many parents either lack knowhow and/or time in order to ensure the best education for... [MORE]
Michelle
Jun 18, 2007 07:06
I agree with you that we need stronger legislation and better enforcement in our schools, but, the facts surrounding school... [MORE]
Debbie Smith
Jun 18, 2007 13:42
What Ravitch says is true, as far as it goes, but some things are the fault of the teaching profession,... [MORE]
Charles Connell
Jun 14, 2007 12:58
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
Jun 15, 2007 13:47
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
Jun 14, 2007 12:24
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
Jun 14, 2007 12:06
I love this article ! I am a special ed dept. head in a urban high school. There are some... [MORE]
Ben Hull
Jun 14, 2007 11:23
I am no expert, just a mother of four children, but I see that in families where there are high... [MORE]
sonja moran
Jun 14, 2007 11:14
Finally someone hears what we teachers are saying. Notice that we are never included in the discussion. Why is that?... [MORE]
Heather
Jun 14, 2007 11:08
Does no one hear the words of Jamie Vollmer? Students go to school and they are there no matter what... [MORE]
Jaime Cordero
Jun 15, 2007 10:41
"The parents are the primary educators of their children. As your school we are here to help" We found this... [MORE]
Linda Jalufka
Jun 14, 2007 10:54
To me, your article is clear and hits the 'Nail' right on the head. Your perspective is so obvious to... [MORE]
Robert D. Mossman
Jun 14, 2007 10:41
I am in my late 50's and have been teaching for 6 years here in North Carolina. In all that... [MORE]
Joe Grace
Jun 14, 2007 10:22
Throughout my years in education, particularly as an administrator, I have not always agreed with Diane Ravitch's ideas or conclusions,... [MORE]
Jim Little
Jun 14, 2007 09:46
I know an outstanding teacher who recently asked her students what career path they were interested in. About 60% said... [MORE]
Fred Jenson
Jun 14, 2007 09:14
The real reason why students are slackers, and why education is ridiculed, etc. is simple: students are forced to go... [MORE]
David
Jun 14, 2007 09:04
Students are the primary agents of their own learning. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make... [MORE]
