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In DC, policymakers think that if we can only have high enough standards, tough enough tests, and hold people accountable, we can close the achievement gap. And it hasn't happened. Yet the new law, the Every Student Succeeds Act, is based on the same test-based and market-driven framework and ideology, except it lets the states do it.

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Diane Ravitch
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: July 1
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You can't lead your troops if your troops do not trust you.
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American education has been littered with failed fads and foolish ideas for the past century.
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Of course, all students should learn African history, as they should learn the history of other continents and major civilizations. But this history should be taught accurately and based on the best scholarship, not ideology or politics.
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