Diane Ravitch

2 days ago | dianeravitch.net | Diane Ravitch

The National Education Association analyzed Trump ‘s proposed budget and finds that it contains deep cuts and massive support for privatization by promoting vouchers and charter schools. The proposal mirrors Project 2025 by turning Titl 1 for low-income students and IDEA funding into block grants that can be converted to vouchers. The overall goal is to undermine public schools and cut funding. FY2026 Budget Request Slashes Education Funding, Shortchanges Students…………………………………………………………………….……….

2 days ago | dianeravitch.net | Diane Ravitch

Never-Trumper Bill Kristol espies hypocrisy in Trump’s acceptance of a $400 million gift from Qatar. Qatar, he points out, funds Hamas and the leading anti-Israel campus protest group. Now it also funds the President of the United Ststes! He writes: Trump can’t abide flying around in crusty, old Air Force One.

3 days ago | dianeravitch.net | Diane Ravitch

You know the Bad MAGA, the one that wants to drag us back a century. There is also a good MAGA: Mothers Against Greg Abbott. It’s led by Nancy Thompson, who spends her time trying to help others, unlike the other MAGA. My leading nominee for silliest bill of the year is this one: “Rep.

3 days ago | dianeravitch.net | Diane Ravitch

In 2000, the contagious disease measles was officially eradicated in the United States. However, since the rise of anti-vaccine anxieties during the COVID pandemic, a growing number of parents have refused to let their children be vaccinated. Texas is the center of a measles outbreak. 702 children have measles; 95% had not been vaccinated. Two have died, neither of them had been vaccinated. The national number is certainly larger.

3 days ago | dianeravitch.net | Diane Ravitch

Bill Gates is one of the few billionaires and power players who have stood up to the South African-born bully, Elon Musk. I’ve had my differences with Gates over his disastrous intrusions into “reforming” education. First, he thought that small schools were “the answer,” and small schools sprouted in many cities while beloved high schools with multiple pathways to graduation were closed.