Assignment:
Instructions
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Transcript of Video "Crucial Conversation with Diane Ravitch"
1. Read the following brief biography of Diane Ravitch:
Please place the question in bold and then the answer
• Describe the FOUR characteristics of educational systems that Ravitch lists as high-performing nations
• Explain the connection between New York's school based A-F grading system and Florida. What is Ravitch's opinion about this system?
• Ravitch explains the use of merit (bonus) pay in the United States and that it has been in place for 100 years. What are at least two effects of this system?
• What is Ravitch's opinion about vouchers? What has been the effect of Milwaukee's use of vouchers? What has been the effect of students with disabilities and vouchers in Florida?
• What has been the history in America and charter schools? How are the outcomes in charter schools and test scores? Why is "deregulation" an ethical issue in Ravitch's opinion? (please provide a specific example).
2-Make at least TWO specific connections to what Ravitch addresses regarding education as a profession, and what the authors of your textbook wrote in Chapter 10. Be sure to include the appropriate page(s) for reference.
3-Include ONE question or comment regarding what Ravitch stated and your beliefs.