Diane Ravitch No Child Left Behind Summary

In this article Ravitch argues that to have a good education our schooling system needs to focus more solely on the student's needs and not truly on just the material. School should be more than just studies, it makes the students get involved and form relationships through their studies. Becoming social, forming relationships, and solving problems through one another is a healthy way to approach school. I agree with what Ravitch argues because school is more than just learning and testing. School systems are using the “No child left behind” and as a result teachers are only focusing on standardized testing. The context is the idea that students aren’t learning the right way for their development. Diane Ravitch, a research professor at New York's University's Steinhardt School of Culture, education, and human development. She makes a biased point for the fact that her job involves this type of writing. Ravitch tries to persuade parents in her argument. Schools need to be based upon more
Being a professor at NYU she has the credibility to sway readers her way. The writer ultimately states her own views on the objective and shows authenticity. Her tone is direct stating facts like she's in a debate. Her approach is telling what is wrong with the system and what they are doing right and what they need to do to improve. The school system only focuses on math and reading and standardize testing. She states the “no child left behind” and “head start program” and how they don’t work for learning because they focus on a federal system on curriculum. Also states how the privileged private schools are better than the public schooling system because they allow for shared interests and developing children over their interests. The writer wants the audience feel like they're being left out of better education and better learning. She shows this through facts and