Diane Ravitch, a research professor at New York University's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, tells what she would do if she'll be appointed as the next U.S. secretary of education. Among Ravitch's platforms is the promise to improve and make education more accessible in the United States.
Author and 2011 Upton Sinclair awardee, C.M. Rubin interviewed Diane Ravitch and asked her what she would do if given the position of U.S. secretary of education. In her Washington Post interview, Ravitch suggested numerous decent things.
When asked about the role of education in solving income inequality problems, Ravitch suggested that the best way to solve it would be for the government to provide children's grants so that no kid grows up in abject poverty. She added that another solution is to invest in the rebuilding of the infrastructure in case there are jobs for those who are willing and able to work.
The interviewer also asked Ravitch for any critical steps that must be taken to produce a brand new education framework for America. According to Ravitch, America needed a new vision of education, one that lessens testing and utilizes tests only for the purpose of diagnostic.
Ravitch was also asked how she can start reducing the effect of poverty on students. As for her, the finest way to lessen the effects is to lessen poverty itself by ensuring that each child has an equal chance to grow up healthy.
Meanwhile, Ravitch wrote in her blog that if she will be the next U.S. Secretary of Education, she would focus on allotting federal funding on greater resources for the poorest students. She also promised several things like equality and guaranteed equity of education opportunity.
Charters supervised and created by school districts to meet essentials needs will also be funded. Ravitch would also make a fund in order to promote increased desegregation and would strongly campaign for wraparound services and community schools.
