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A 'School Choice' Advocate's 180 on Testing and Charter Schools
Episode 1878

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

Diane Ravitch reflects on the positions she once championed–school choice, charter expansion, standardized testing–and why she now believes the evidence no longer supports them.

The Brian Lehrer Show

December 3, 202534m 44s

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Show Notes

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. 

Topics

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