Diane Ravitch

1938 -

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

country of citizenship: United States of America

languages spoken, written or signed: English

educated at: Columbia University, Reed College, Wellesley College, Teachers College, San Jacinto High School

occupation: journalist, historian, blogger, political activist, pedagogue, university teacher

award received: Guggenheim Fellowship, Grawemeyer Award, Daniel Patrick Moynihan Prize, Henry Allen Moe Prize

official website: www.dianeravitch.com

Diane Silvers Ravitch (born July 1, 1938) is a historian of education, an educational policy analyst, and a research professor at New York University's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. Previously, she was a U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education. In 2010, she became "an activist on behalf of public schools". Her blog at DianeRavitch.net has received more than 36 million page views since she began blogging in 2012. Ravitch writes for the New York Review of Books. Source: Wikipedia (en)