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Diane Ravitch: Charters, Privatization, and How Obama's Race To The Top is Really a Race To The Bottom
Dr. Robert McChesney, Diane Ravitch
11 Apr 2012

https://will.illinois.edu/nfs/mediamatters120401.mp3

A Media Matters Interview by Dr. Robert McChesney

Diane Ravitch, a former Clinton and Bush advisor, ex-charter school, voucher and No Child Left Behind supporter explains the evidence that changed her mind, and how the bipartisan education agenda of charters, privatization, standardized testing and turning teachers into temps ill serves children, parents and communities.

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Diane maintains a web site at http://dianeravitch.com

Media Matters is a long-running weekly one hour interview program hosted by Dr. Robert McChesney on WILL Radio in Illinois. Find its program archives here.

,Dr. Robert McChesney is one of the nation's foremost media scholars, and a founding board member of Free Press

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