Diane Ravitch

By sutherlandstephanie

  • First Book

    Ravitch's first book The Great School Wars (1974) is a history of New York City public schools. It described alternating eras of centralization and decentralization. It also tied periodic controversies over public education to periodic waves of immigration.

  • Columbia University

    Ravitch became a historian of education with a Ph.D. from Columbia University
  • Period: to

    Assistant Secretary of Education

    She served as Assistant Secretary of Education under Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander.
  • Period: to

    Education Studies at the Brookings Institution

    She held the Brown Chair in Education Studies at the Brookings Institution

  • The Network for Public Education

    She joined forces with a former teacher and a writer, Anthony Cody, to set up The Network for Public Education. It is a foundation that is dedicated to fighting against educational corporate reforms.