John Jackson, President and CEO of the Schott Foundation, and education historian Diane Ravitch reflect together on how our society has come to demonize public school teachers. How is it that people doing some of the most important work of our society are being abused, ashamed and humiliated? Doesn’t this have to stop? Part 4 … Continued
Education historian Diane Ravitch and John Jackson, President and CEO of the Schott Foundation, reflect on the public role of public schools as an expression of our common purpose. How is it we have come to use a data driven approach to judge the most important things in life, things that do not have metrics … Continued
Education historian Diane Ravitch and John Jackson, President and CEO of the Schott Foundation consider what appears to be a timetable for the destruction of America’s system of public education and the imposition of competitive programs that create winners and losers, when the mission of public schools is to serve every child. Part 2 of … Continued
John Jackson, President and CEO of the Schott Foundation, and education historian Diane Ravitch discuss why our society must rise to the challenge of providing educational opportunity for every child in public schools. Part 1 of 4. Filmed and produced by the National Council of Churches Committee on Public Education and Literacy.
Michael Diedrich, policy analyst for Minesota 2020, explains why quality education is unlike other goods and services provided by the competitive market and why market-based education policy is the wrong approach for reform.
