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Title: Diane Ravitch papers
Date (inclusive): 1956-2007
Collection Number: 2003C61
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
65 manuscript boxes, 2 oversize boxes, 45 digital files (.002 GB)
(29 Linear Feet)
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
Creator:
Ravitch, Diane
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2003, with additions through 2008.
[Identification of item], Diane Ravitch papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives
| 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 Delta Kappa Gamma Award for the Great School Wars: New York City, 1805-1973 |
| Received a Ph.D. in history of American education, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University, New York | |
| 1978 | Author, The Revisionists Revised |
| 1979 | Member, National Academy of Education |
| 1980- | Director, John Dewey Foundation |
| Author, The Troubled Crusade: American Education, 1945-1980 | |
| Trustee, New York Public Library | |
| 1984 | Member, Society of American Historians |
| 1984-1985 | Selected as a Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar |
| 1985 | Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences |
| Author, The Schools We Deserve | |
| 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 | Received the Wellesley College Alumnae Achievement Award |
| Advised Teachers Solidarity and the Ministry of Education in Poland | |
| 1991 | Awarded a medal by the Polish Government for the work on behalf of Solidarity |
| Editor, The American Reader | |
| 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 | Author, National Standards in American Education: A Citizen's Guide |
| Visiting Fellow in Governmental Studies, Brookings Institution | |
| 1995-2005 | Held the Brown Chair in Education Studies, Brookings Institution |
| 1996 | Author (with Chester E. Finn, Jr.), Education Reform, 1995-1996 |
| 1997 | Author (with Joseph P. Viteritti), New Schools for A New Century: The Redesign of Urban Education |
| Author, A Tribute to Al Shanker | |
| 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 (with Joseph P. Viteritti), City Schools: Lessons from New York |
| Author, The Language Police: How Pressure Groups Restrict What Students Learn | |
| 2004 | Author, A Consumer Guide to High History Text Books |
| Author (with Chester E. Finn, Jr.), The Mad Mad World of Textbook Adoption | |
| 2005 | Received the John Dewey Award from the United Federation of Teachers of New York City |
| Author, Brookings Papers on Education Policy | |
| 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 Library & Archives in 2003.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Education -- United States