Diane Ravitch, education historian, former research professor of education at New York University, blogger at dianeravitch.net and author of the recent book <a href="https://cup.columbia.edu/book/an-education/9780231563161/">An Education: How I Changed My Mind About Schools and Almost Everything Else (Columbia University Press, 2025)</a>, talks about how she went from being an influential advocate for school choice and standardized testing to a promoter of public schools.

Diane Ravitch, education historian, former research professor of education at New York University, blogger at dianeravitch.net and author of the recent book An Education: How I Changed My Mind About Schools and Almost Everything Else (Columbia University Press, 2025), talks about how she went from being an influential advocate for school choice and standardized testing to a promoter of public schools.

Diane Ravitch, education historian, former research professor of education at New York University, blogger at dianeravitch.net and author of the recent book <a href="https://cup.columbia.edu/book/an-education/9780231563161/" rel="noopener noreferrer">An Education: How I Changed My Mind About Schools and Almost Everything Else&nbsp;(Columbia University Press, 2025)</a>, talks about how she went from being an influential advocate for school choice and standardized testing to a promoter of public schools.&nbsp;

A 'School Choice' Advocate's 180 on Testing and Charter Schools

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