The History of Education and Where It's Going
Rebuilding Public Education • Educational, 06-Aug-2020
Originally broadcast at 10:45 a.m. EDT Thursday, August 6, 2020.
Historian Diane Ravitch explores the history of education and where it is heading.
Ravitch is a research professor of education at New York University. A historian of education, she founded and is president of Network for Public Education.
This program is made possible by the Locke-Irwin Fund.
About Chautauqua Institution: Chautauqua Institution is a community on the shores of Chautauqua Lake in southwestern New York state that comes alive each summer with a unique mix of fine and performing arts, lectures, interfaith worship and programs, and recreational activities. As a community, we celebrate, encourage and study the arts and treat them as integral to all of learning, and we convene the critical conversations of the day to advance understanding through civil dialogue. CHQ Assembly is the online expression of Chautauqua Institution's mission.
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