Scholar Diane Ravitch: 'We've Lost Sight' of Schools' Goal

"In her new book, The Death and Life of the Great American School System, Ravitch blasts No Child Left Behind, which she says promotes 'a cramped, mechanistic, profoundly anti-intellectual definition of education' — as well as virtually every other recent reform effort that has sought to inject more free-market competition and accountability into education. She finds much to dislike: charter schools, high-stakes tests, corporate-style school management teams and the rising influence of foundation-funded reforms."