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To: Katelew who wrote (139913)	6/29/2010 10:28:51 AM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541735

National stats on education are definitely not the best way to make k-12 public education policy. If questions here genuinely interest you, I recommend Diane Ravitch's recent book, The Death and Life of the Great American School System. Ravitch, as you may know, was an advocate for charter schools and the "accountability" mantra; served in the first Bush administration as an advocate for such; and, as recently as the passage of the No Child Left Behind measures, supported them. She's now gone back to the evidence and feels the evidence shows these measures did much more harm than good. And is now a strong defender of public education. Good book; well written.+