Diane Ravitch [5 titles]

1. Is School Choice Enough?
   In City Journal’s Winter 2008 issue, contributing editor Sol Stern wrote a piece, School Choice Isn’t Enough, that ignited a firestorm of debate within the school-reform movement. Here, some of the nation’s top education scholars discuss the story, and Stern responds.
   24 January 2008
2. New York State Test Scores: Who to Believe?
   National tests cast doubt on New York’s feel-good story.
   28 September 2007
3. Our School Problem and Its Solutions
   Education is more crucial than ever in today’s knowledge-based economy, yet the public schools languish in mediocrity or failure. We can fix them through competition and tougher standards.
   Winter 1999
4. Charter Laws That Work
   In January Governor Pataki proposed sweeping legislation that would give individuals and organizations the right to create public charter schools, either from scratch or by converting existing public schools.
   Spring 1997
5. Inching Toward School Reform
   Last month the State Legislature stripped New York City's community school boards of their power to hire district superintendents.
   Winter 1997