Annotation In this book leading thinkers from a variety of disciplines probe the relation between a healthy democracy and education. Contributors such as Jean Bethke Elshtain, Nathan Glazer, Robert Putnam, Jack Rakove, and Alan Wolfe discuss topics that range from the place of religion in public life to political conflict in a pluralist society to the problems of racial inequality.
About the Author
Diane Ravitch is a Research Professor of Education at New York University, a historian of education, and a research professor at New York University's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. She is the Founder and President of the Network for Public Education.She was U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education from 1991-93.She was married to Richard Ravitch from 1960 until they divorced in 1986.She married Mary Butz in 2012.Aside from her many books on education history and policy, Ravitch writes for The New York Review of Books and maintains an influential blog on education.
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