ABSTRACT
In April and May of 2016, Diane Ravitch and Whitney Tilson exchanged a series of emails outlining both their shared and divergent views on the condition of education and approaches to education reform. Diane Ravitch, a historian of education and Research Professor of Education at New York University, has been an outspoken critic of neoliberal education reform since the 2010 publication of her book The Death and Life of the Great American School System. Whitney Tilson, a hedge fund manager, is a founder of Democrats for Education Reform and a board member of several charter school organizations including the Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP).
