December 30, 2013

The Epic Fallacy of Diane Ravitch (and so many others who approach the Common Core)

This is the tweet that has haunted me since the holiday break began:



Follow the link, and you come across this quote from Ravitch’s blog, an extended quotation from the Journal News, which serves the Lower Hudson Valley in New York.

Ravitch sets it up: “They (article authors Melissa Heckler and Nettie Webb) insist that what matters most in education is the interaction between teachers and students, not a scripted curriculum or higher standards.