The Mismeasure of Man, by Stephen Jay Gould by Diane Ravitch Since mental tests of all varieties have been under attack for more than a decade, it is scarcely surprising that…
What Is a Liberal-Who Is a Conservative? A Symposium by Lionel Abel, Jervis Anderson, William Barrett, David T. Bazelon, Pearl K. Bell, Ronald Berman, Norman Birnbaum, Joseph W. Bishop, Midge Decter, Edward Jay Epstein, Charles Frankel, Carl Gershman, Nathan Glazer, Eric F. Goldman, Walter Goodman, Sidney Hook, H. Stuart Hughes, Alfred Kazin, Jeane Kirkpatrick, Robert Lekachman, Carey McWilliams, Martin Mayer, Michael Novak, William Phillips, Earl Raab, Diane Ravitch, Harold Rosenberg, Richard H. Rovere, Bayard Rustin, Thomas Sowell, Roger Starr, Ben J. Wattenberg, Paul H. Weaver, James Q. Wilson, Peter P. Witonski, C. Vann Woodward and Dennis H. Wrong Commentary recently asked a group of 64 intellectuals: Are you satisfied with the way terms like liberal and conservative, or…
Idols of the Tribe, by Harold R. Isaacs by Diane Ravitch In 1915, at the height of a wartime mood of patriotism in this country, when Americanization programs were being undertaken…
Moral Education and the Schools by Diane Ravitch The trustees of the Free School Society, a philanthropic organization that established tuition-free schools in the early 19th century for…
Inequality, by Christopher Jencks et al. by Diane Ravitch Christopher Jencks's "Inequality" is a good case study of what happens when a serious and complex piece of research is…
The Great School Legend, by Colin Greer; The Ecology of the Public Schools, by Leonard J. Fein by Diane Ravitch Education has traditionally been thought of as America's great cure-all.
Community Control Revisited by Diane Ravitch The Ocean Hill-Brownsville Demonstration District is by now a symbol of the movement for community control of public schools.
