When education historian Diane Ravitch dropped her influential endorsement of school choice, she cited its alleged failure to meet federally mandated accountability standards. On closer inspection, however, her reversal reflects a failure to understand that school choice advocates had a much different goal: to make the schools reflect consumer preferences, not standards dictated by federal bureaucrats.
In Defense of Neoliberal Education Policy
Or, Why Ravitch Is Wrong about School Choice
By Gregory M. Dempster
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