12 Blogs of Christmas: Diane Ravitch’s Blog

You may recognize her from her appearances on The Daily Show with John Stewart. Diane Ravitch is a professor at NYU and author of multiple books – and one of the sanest contemporary voices on the state of public education. Her blog is invaluable to those of us who wish to stay current with the public education debate and educate ourselves on priority talking points. Her links to other articles are well worth following.
5 Posts to Check Out:
PISA Rankings are Utterly Wrong and Meaningless
Poverty Influences Brain Development in Children
U. S. Has a Poverty Crisis, Not a School Crisis
Can Schools End Poverty?
Dasani: The New York Times Should Win a Pulitzer Prize for This Powerful Series
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– Robin
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About Karen Jensen, MLS
Karen Jensen has been a Teen Services Librarian for almost 30 years. She created TLT in 2011 and is the co-editor of The Whole Library Handbook: Teen Services with Heather Booth (ALA Editions, 2014).
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