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Diane Ravitch

Diane Ravitch is Research Professor of Education at New York University and former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education.

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Funding Conventional Wisdom For many decades foundations played the role that Rob Reich describes. Twenty years ago I would have agreed about their unique capacity to take chances with new ideas, tolerate...
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