Ravitch Sparks Digital Debate

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Co-op student journalist Amanda Aponte interviews Diane Ravitch before the forum’s start.

They didn’t settle the most burning questions facing America’s public schools. But New Haven teachers, students, parents, and policymakers talked about those questions at length with controversial author Diane Ravitch — while readers, reporters and elected officials joined in live, as part of an online conversation. A common rallying cry: Support, don’t punish, teachers.

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