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Title: Diane Ravitch papers
Dates: 1956-2007
Collection number: 2003C61
Creator:
Ravitch, Diane
Collection Size:
63 manuscript boxes, 2 oversize boxes
(28.1 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: The Diane Ravitch papers consist of speeches and writings, correspondence, printed matter, reports, and studies relating to
education in the United States. She is a professor, prolific writer, and an advocate of improvements in American education.
Collection includes research materials used by her for writing books
Physical location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English,
Polish
Collection is open for research. Access to audiovisual materials requires at least two weeks advance notice.
Audiovisual materials include sound recordings, video recordings, and motion picture film.
Hoover staff will determine whether use copies of the materials requested can be
made available. Some materials may not be accessible even with advance notice. Please
contact the Hoover Institution Archives for further information.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives
[Identification of item], Diane Ravitch papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 2003, with additions through 2008.
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog Socrates at
http://library.stanford.edu/webcat . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in Socrates is larger than the number of boxes
listed in this finding aid.
| 1938 | Born, Houston, Texas |
| 1960 | B.A. from Wellesley College, Massachusetts |
| 1974 | Author, The Great School Wars, New York City, 1805-1873 |
| 1975 | Received a Ph.D. in history of American education, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University, New York |
| Received a Delta Kappa Gamma Award for the Great School Wars: New York City, 1805-1973 | |
| 1978 | Author, The Revisionists Revised |
| 1979 | Member, National Academy of Education |
| 1980- | Trustee, New York Public Library |
| Author, The Troubled Crusade: American Education, 1945-1980 | |
| Director, John Dewey Foundation | |
| 1984 | Member, Society of American Historians |
| 1984-1985 | Selected as a Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar |
| 1985 | Author, The Schools We Deserve |
| Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences | |
| 1986 | Awarded, Henry Allen Moe Prize in Humanities by the American Philosophical Society |
| 1987 | Author (with Chester E. Finn, Jr.), What Do Our 17-Year-Olds Know? |
| 1989 | Advised Teachers Solidarity and the Ministry of Education in Poland |
| Received the Wellesley College Alumnae Achievement Award | |
| 1991 | Editor, The American Reader |
| Awarded a medal by the Polish Government for the work on behalf of Solidarity | |
| 1991-1993 | Assistant Secretary of Education and Counselor to the Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander in the administration of President George H. W. Bush |
| 1992 | Edited (with Abigail Thernstrom), The Democracy Reader |
| 1993-1994 | Visiting Fellow in Governmental Studies, Brookings Institution |
| Author, National Standards in American Education: A Citizen's Guide | |
| 1995-2005 | Held the Brown Chair in Education Studies, Brookings Institution |
| 1996 | Author (with Chester E. Finn, Jr.), Education Reform, 1995-1996 |
| 1997 | Author, A Tribute to Al Shanker |
| Author (with Joseph P. Viteritti), New Schools for A New Century: The Redesign of Urban Education | |
| 1997-2004 | Member, National Assessment Government Board |
| 1998 | Received the Horace Kidger Award of the New England History Teachers Association |
| 2000 | Author, The American Reader: Words that Moved a Nation, and Left Back: A Century of Battles Over School Reform |
| 2001 | Author (with Joseph P. Viteritti), Making good Citizens: Education and Civil Society |
| 2002 | Elected, Eleanor Roosevelt Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences |
| 2003 | Author, The Language Police: How Pressure Groups Restrict What Students Learn |
| Author (with Joseph P. Viteritti), City Schools: Lessons from New York | |
| 2004 | Author (with Chester E. Finn, Jr.), The Mad Mad World of Textbook Adoption |
| Author, A Consumer Guide to High History Text Books | |
| 2005 | Author, Brookings Papers on Education Policy |
| Received the John Dewey Award from the United Federation of Teachers of New York City | |
| 2006 | Author (with Michael Ravitch), The English Reader: What Every Literate Person Needs to Know |
| 2007 | Author (with Chester E. Finn. Jr.), Beyond the Basics: Achieving a Liberal Education for All |
Scope and Content of Collection
The papers of Diane Ravitch consist of correspondence, printed matter, reports, research materials, speeches and writings,
and studies. They document her contributions to the cause of education in the United States. They reflect her efforts to
set up standards for teaching and textbooks and deal with such issues as multiculturalism and bilingual education. They also
bring to light the recognition she received outside the United States from European countries such as Poland.
Her papers have been kept in their original order. The audio-visual materials such as audio cassettes, CD Rom, diskettes,
photographic prints, and VHS tapes have been arranged alphabetically by date and presented at the end of this guide.
The papers of Diane Ravitch were acquired by Hoover Institution Archives in 2003.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
Education--United States.