Diane Ravitch

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1. Diane Ravitch

   Author of The Language Police, The American Reader: Words That Moved a Nation, The Great School Wars: A History of the New York City Public Schools

2. E. D. Hirsch Jr.

   Author of The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, The Schools We Need: And Why We Don't Have Them, The Knowledge Deficit: Closing the Shocking Education Gap for American Children

3. Mortimer J. Adler

   Author of Ten Philosophical Mistakes, Paideia Proposal, Paideia Problems & Possibilities

4. David Tyack

   Author of Tinkering toward Utopia: A Century of Public School Reform, The One Best System: A History of American Urban Education, Managers Of Virtue: Public School Leadership In America, 1820-1980

5. Ellen Condliffe Lagemann

   Author of An Elusive Science: The Troubling History of Education Research, The Politics of Knowledge: The Carnegie Corporation, Philanthropy, and Public Policy

6. Kenneth C. Davis

   Author of Don't Know Much About History: Everything You Need to Know about American History but Never Learned, Don't Know Much About Geography: Everything You Need to Know About the World but Never Learned

7. Judy Willis

   Author of Research-Based Strategies to Ignite Student Learning: Insights from a Neurologist and Classroom Teacher, Brain-Friendly Strategies for the Inclusion Classroom

8. Deborah Meier

   Author of The Power of Their Ideas: Lessons for America from a Small School in Harlem, Many Children Left Behind: How the No Child Left Behind Act Is Damaging Our Children and Our Schools, In Schools We Trust: Creating Communities of Learning in an Era of Testing and Standardization

9. Robert J. Marzano

   Author of What Works in Schools: Translating Research into Action, The Art and Science of Teaching: A Comprehensive Framework for Effective Instruction, Transforming Classroom Grading

10. Lawrence Arthur Cremin

    Author of Transformation of the School: Progressivism in American Education 1876-1957, American Education: The Metropolitan Experience, 1876-1980

11. Barbara Ehrenreich

    Author of Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream, Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America

12. Charles J. Sykes

    Author of Dumbing Down Our Kids: Why America's Children Feel Good About Themselves but Can't Read, Write, or Add, Dumbing Down Our Kids: Why American Children Feel Good About Themselves But Can't Read, Write, or Add

13. W. James Popham

    Author of Transformative Assessment, The Truth About Testing: An Educator's Call to Action

14. Jacques Barzun

    Author of From Dawn to Decadence: 1500 to the Present: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life, Darwin, Marx, Wagner: Critique of a Heritage, Begin Here: The Forgotten Conditions of Teaching and Learning

15. Charlotte Danielson

    Author of Enhancing Professional Practice: A Framework for Teaching, Teacher Leadership That Strengthens Professional Practice

16. Arianna Huffington

    Author of Third World America: How Our Politicians Are Abandoning the Middle Class and Betraying the American Dream

17. Joseph J. Ellis

    Author of His Excellency: George Washington, American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson

18. Tom Bissell

    Author of Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter

19. Katy Ridnouer

    Author of Managing Your Classroom With Heart: A Guide for Nurturing Adolescent Learners

20. The New York Public Library

    Author of The New York Public Library Desk Reference