An Educator’s Change of Heart

Source: New York Times Posted By: Maxcy J...5938 days ago

Re “Leading Scholar’s U-Turn on School Reform Shakes Up Debate” (news article, March 3):

Diane Ravitch’s views are finally coming into line with the views of most of those who work in public education. No Child Left Behind fails to address the structural problems in our educational system, and its harsh penalties for underperforming schools only push them further to the bottom.

Charter schools drain the more successful students from their neighborhood schools, which then see their scores plummet....

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