# Diane Ravitch

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Slaying Goliath with Dr. Diane Ravitch

Continuing Teacher Appreciation Week, Dr. Tim and Dr. Johnny are excited to welcome Dr. Diane Ravitch to the program! She is an esteemed educator and education historian, and you can check out her books at dianeravitch.com. She talks with Tim and Johnny about the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on …

Teaching History in Hostile Times

Tim and Johnny are joined by former Assistant Secretary of Education under George H.W. Bush Diane Ravitch to discuss a calculated, organized attack on our nation’s public education system – and by extension, democracy itself. Guests: Diane Ravitch

Changing My Mind About Schools (and Everything Else) w/ Diane Ravitch

“This is a book about my life, about admitting ‘I was wrong,’ and about how important it is to say it out loud,” is how our guest today, Diane Ravitch, begins her 2025 memoir, An Education: How I Changed My Mind About Schools and Almost Everything Else. What follows is her incredible life’s journey…

Diane Ravitch: An Education - Pt 2/3

In Part 2 of their 3-part series, Bob Herbert and Diane Ravitch continue to discuss Diane's remarkable memoir: "An Education: How I Changed My Mind About Schools and Almost Everything Else," changing her mind, her beliefs - sometimes dramatically, considering how she would best live her life.

Interview with Sen. Liu plus testimony from parents & advocates on Mayoral control

NY1, Sen. Liu on the NY Education budget, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbrPmoS70Do Queens Chronicle, Chancellor expresses concern on class size https://www.qchron.com/editions/queenswide/chancellor-expresses-concern-on-class-size/article_0f35d866-9ec5-52cb-8bf5-2d3e8b5155d7.html NYC Parents, T…

Miseducated

Miseducated I spent 40 years teaching! I had a substandard public school experience, especially in mathematics, and my college experience, at the undergraduate level, was also mostly a bust. My eighth-grade math teacher stunk, and was known for her exploits in nonacademic areas. My ninth-grade alg…

Ending The School Year: Reviewing the state of education + TTE updates!

We knew it was going to happen even if we couldn’t imagine it: The school year is coming to an end. And so is Season 3 of Teaching through Emotions. Teaching through Emotions is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. H…

Preserving Democracy Through Educational Pluralism | Ashley Berner

In this episode, Noah Tyler sits down with Dr. Ashley Berner, the co-founder and director of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Education Policy (IEP) and Associate Professor of Education. Dr. Berner talks about the importance of educational pluralism, the role of values in school success, and the sig…

Diane Ravitch on why she changed her mind on education reform

Leonie Haimson, Letter to the members of the Panel on Educational Policy on how they should exercise more rigorous oversight on contracts, privacy and class size, https://leoniehaimson.substack.com/p/letter-to-the-members-of-the-panel Leonie Haimson, This year’s drop in NYC state test scores: soun…

The week in politics (Sept. 16, 2026)

On Wednesday's show: We discuss the latest developments in politics in our weekly roundup. Also this hour: Houston filmmaker Alexandria Stapleton talks about her new documentary about the life and career of Houston-native WNBA star Brittney Griner. And Houston native Diane Ravitch was once a firm …