Diane Ravitch

For many years, Diane Ravitch was among the country’s leading conservative thinkers on education. The cure for what ailed the school system was clear, she believed: high-stakes standardized testing, national standards, accountability, competition, charters, and vouchers.

Diane Ravitch, America's foremost historian of education, says that public education in the United States is one of the pillars of our democratic society....

America's foremost historian of education renounces her support for reform policies implemented over the past decade that she says are wrecking America's cherished tradition of public education....

From one of the foremost authorities on education in the United States, Slaying Goliath is an impassioned, inspiring look at the ways in which parents, teachers, and activists are successfully fighting back to defeat the forces that are trying to privatize America’s public schools. Diane...