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DESCRIPTION:Hosted by Philip Maldari\n\nDiane Ravitch draws on over forty years of 
 research and experience to critique the most popular ideas for 
 restructuring schools, in the process rejecting some of her own long-held 
 beliefs about school reform. Using examples from school systems across the 
 country she offers a road map for getting our schools back on track. This 
 new, revised edition of her book, like her personal presentation, is a 
 passionate plea to preserve and renew public education. It reveals a 
 radical change of heart by one of America's best-known education experts. 
 \n\n"Diane Ravitch is the rarest of scholars-one who reports her findings 
 and conclusions, even when they go against conventional wisdom and even 
 when they counter her earlier, publicly espoused positions...a 'must' read 
 for all who truly care about American education."  -Howard Gardner, Harvard 
 Graduate School of Education\n\nBIO: Diane Ravitch is Research Professor of 
 Education at New York University and a senior fellow at the Brookings 
 Institution in Washington, D.C. Formerly she was Assistant Secretary of 
 Education and Counselor to Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander in the 
 administration of Pres. George H.W. Bush, prior to being appointed to the 
 National Assessment Governing Board by the Clinton Administration. She 
 blogs for Huffington Post.com and EDWeek.org, and is the author or editor 
 of 20 some books. \n\n"It is precisely because of her associations with 
 those more conservative on educational matters that this ...carries the 
 impact that it does. It may infuriate some of her former colleagues, 
 because she is thorough, she is blunt...anyone concerned about public 
 schools should read it... It is that good, that rich, that important."- 
 DailyKos.com \n\nPhilip Maldari, veteran KPFA Public Affairs Producer, now 
 hosts the Sunday Morning Show\n\n$12 advance tickets: 800-838-3006 or 
 Pegasus Books (3 locations), Mrs. Dalloway's, Moe's Books, Walden Pond, 
 DIESEL, A Bookstore; SF: Modern Times  ($15 door)\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/12/16/18702863.php
SUMMARY:DIANE RAVITCH: The Death and Life of the Great American School System
LOCATION:Berkeley Hillside Club\n2286 Cedar St\nBerkeley, CA 
 94709\n510-848-3227\nhttp://www.hillsideclub.org
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/12/16/18702863.php
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