Ravitch, Diane

American educator and author.

From the description of Diane Ravitch papers, 1956-2007. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754872756

Historian, educator.

From the description of Reminiscences of Diane Ravitch : oral history, 1985. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122564929

Educational historian.

From the description of Papers, [ca. 1962-1973]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122528809

Biographical Chronology

• 1938: Born, Houston, Texas
• 1960: B.A. from Wellesley College, Massachusetts
• 1974: Author, The Great School Wars, New York City, 1805-1873
• 1975: Received a Ph.D. in history of American education, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University, New York Received a Delta Kappa Gamma Award for the Great School Wars: New York City, 1805-1973
• 1978: Author, The Revisionists Revised
• 1979: Member, National Academy of Education
• 1980 - : Trustee, New York Public Library Author, The Troubled Crusade: American Education, 1945-1980 Director, John Dewey Foundation
• 1984: Member, Society of American Historians
• 1984 - 1985 : Selected as a Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar
• 1985: Author, The Schools We Deserve Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• 1986: Awarded, Henry Allen Moe Prize in Humanities by the American Philosophical Society
• 1987: Author (with Chester E. Finn, Jr.), What Do Our 17-Year-Olds Know?
• 1989: Advised Teachers Solidarity and the Ministry of Education in Poland Received the Wellesley College Alumnae Achievement Award
• 1991: Editor, The American Reader Awarded a medal by the Polish Government for the work on behalf of Solidarity
• 1991 - 1993 : Assistant Secretary of Education and Counselor to the Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander in the administration of President George H. W. Bush
• 1992: Edited (with Abigail Thernstrom), The Democracy Reader
• 1993 - 1994 : Visiting Fellow in Governmental Studies, Brookings Institution Author, National Standards in American Education: A Citizen's Guide
• 1995 - 2005 : Held the Brown Chair in Education Studies, Brookings Institution
• 1996: Author (with Chester E. Finn, Jr.), Education Reform, 1995-1996
• 1997: Author, A Tribute to Al Shanker Author (with Joseph P. Viteritti), New Schools for A New Century: The Redesign of Urban Education
• 1997 - 2004 : Member, National Assessment Government Board
• 1998: Received the Horace Kidger Award of the New England History Teachers Association
• 2000: Author, The American Reader: Words that Moved a Nation, and Left Back: A Century of Battles Over School Reform
• 2001: Author (with Joseph P. Viteritti), Making good Citizens: Education and Civil Society
• 2002: Elected, Eleanor Roosevelt Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences
• 2003: Author, The Language Police: How Pressure Groups Restrict What Students Learn Author (with Joseph P. Viteritti), City Schools: Lessons from New York
• 2004: Author (with Chester E. Finn, Jr.), The Mad Mad World of Textbook Adoption Author, A Consumer Guide to High History Text Books
• 2005: Author, Brookings Papers on Education Policy Received the John Dewey Award from the United Federation of Teachers of New York City
• 2006: Author (with Michael Ravitch), The English Reader: What Every Literate Person Needs to Know
• 2007: Author (with Chester E. Finn. Jr.), Beyond the Basics: Achieving a Liberal Education for All

From the guide to the Diane Ravitch papers, 1956-2007, (Hoover Institution Archives)