At yesterday’s Platform Miguel Brito, CEO of Philips Educational Partners, was interviewed by our own Janet Glass about his work bringing educational opportunities to inner city kids. Philips Educational Partners runs two charter schools, Philips Academy of Newark and Philips Academy of Paterson, and has its roots in St. Philip’s Academy of Newark where he was […]
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Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America’s Public Schools
Author: Diane Ravitch (Alfred Knopf, 2013) Reviewed by Doris Friedensohn Prepare to be upset. Prepare to be challenged. Diane Ravitch’s Reign of Error is a combative, fact-filled and persuasive condemnation of current thinking about American public education. You know the general arguments: public schools are failing our kids; their poor test results in reading and math […]
