Diane Ravitch’s “Reign of Error”: Is American education in crisis?

John and Kelly Moravec discuss Diane Ravitch’s book, Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America’s Public Schools, which asks the questions: Is American education in crisis? Is the education system failing or declining? What actions should we take today to ensure positive futures?

From one of the foremost authorities on education in the United States, former U.S. assistant secretary of education Diane Ravitch, this book provides an incisive, comprehensive look at today’s American school system that argues against those who claim it is broken and beyond repair; an impassioned but reasoned call to stop the privatization movement that is draining students and funding from our public schools.

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