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Slaying Goliath: The Passionate Resistance to Privatization and the Fight to Save America's Public Schools (Hardcover)

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From one of the foremost authorities on education in the United States, Slaying Goliath is an impassioned, inspiring look at the ways in which parents, teachers, and activists are successfully fighting back to defeat the forces that are trying to privatize America’s public schools.
 
Diane Ravitch writes of a true grassroots movement sweeping the country, from cities and towns across America, a movement dedicated to protecting public schools from those who are funding privatization and who believe that America’s schools should be run like businesses and that children should be treated like customers or products.
 
Slaying Goliath is about the power of democracy, about the dangers of plutocracy, and about the potential of ordinary people—armed like David with only a slingshot of ideas, energy, and dedication—to prevail against those who are trying to divert funding away from our historic system of democratically governed, nonsectarian public schools. Among the lessons learned from the global pandemic of 2020 is the importance of our public schools and their teachers and the fact that distance learning can never replace human interaction, the pesonal connection between teachers and students.

About the Author


DIANE RAVITCH was born in Houston, Texas, and graduated from Wellesley College and Columbia University. She is a research professor of education at New York University and the author of eleven books. Ravitch is a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Award. She lives in Brooklyn, NY.

Praise For…


“[A] thought-provoking, painstakingly researched account. . . . A rallying cry.” —The Washington Post

“A fervent defense of public education with abundant examples of how privatization has failed to deliver on its promises.” —Kirkus Reviews

Product Details
ISBN: 9780525655374
ISBN-10: 0525655379
Publisher: Knopf
Publication Date: January 21st, 2020
Pages: 352
Language: English