After a brief recap of national and local education news, Leonie continues with interviewing Diane Ravitch, famed education scholar, historian and advocate, about her evolution from a neo-conservative to a progressive leader in the fight to save our public schools.
Ed Week, Senators—Including Republicans—Reject All of Trump’s Proposed Education Cuts, https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/senators-including-republicans-reject-all-of-trumps-proposed-education-cuts/2025/07 Text of College Transparency Act, https://www.help.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/cta_textpdf.pdf 2022 Letter to Congress from privacy, consumer & education groups in opposition to the College Transparency Acthttps://studentprivacymatters.org/letter-to-congress-from-privacy-consumer-education-groups-in-opposition-to-the-college-transparency-act/ Chalkbeat, Fewer Black and Latino students win offers to attend specialized high schools, https://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025/07/31/nyc-specailized-high-school-admissions-data-eric-adams-segregation/ NYC Parent Blog, New evidence of an extreme gender bias in selective high school admissions demands an independent evaluation of the exam https://nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com/2018/03/new-evidence-of-extreme-gender-bias-in.html
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