Twitter Book Club: @DianeRavitch (2010) The Death and Life of the Great American School System - Ch 9

What Would Mrs. Ratliff Do?

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@dianeravitch I think Mrs. Ratliff would either end up teaching 1st yr college English or transfer to a private school (for less pay)less than a minute ago via Twittelatoranderscj
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@anderscj I think you are right. Mrs. Ratliff would not have stood for today's bureaucratic, testing-obsessed anti-education.less than a minute ago via webDiane Ravitch
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