Wednesday, June 1, 2011

NCBLA: In Case You Missed It

Looking For School Miracles 

"Families are children’s most important educators. Our society must invest in parental education, prenatal care and preschool. Of course, schools must improve; every one should have a stable, experienced staff, adequate resources and a balanced curriculum including the arts, foreign languages, history and science.

If every child arrived in school well-nourished, healthy and ready to learn, from a family with a stable home and a steady income, many of our educational problems would be solved. And that would be a miracle" 

Diane Ravitch, a research professor of education at New York University, is the author of “The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education.” From The New York Times Op/Ed page. 


Read entire essay at: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/01/opinion/01ravitch.html?ref=opinion