Questions

1. What effect does Diane Ravitch achieve by opening with an explanation of how and why she changed her mind on the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation?

   Chapter 5 - 5. Stop the Madness - Questions: What effect does Diane Ravitch achieve by opening with an explanation of how and why she changed her mind on the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation?
2. What does she mean by “toxic flaw” (para. 4)? What other criticisms does she level at NCLB?

   Chapter 5 - 5. Stop the Madness - Questions: What does she mean by “toxic flaw” (para. 4)? What other criticisms does she level at NCLB?
3. Ravitch ends the first section of her article by enumerating why NCLB’s “assumptions were wrong” (para. 8). How does that analysis connect with the following section, where she describes her “favorite teacher”?

   Chapter 5 - 5. Stop the Madness - Questions: Ravitch ends the first section of her article by enumerating why NCLB’s “assumptions were wrong” (para. 8). How does that analysis connect with the following section, where she describes her “favorite teacher”?
4. What are the traits of Mrs. Ratliff that make Ravitch remember her so many years later?

   Chapter 5 - 5. Stop the Madness - Questions: What are the traits of Mrs. Ratliff that make Ravitch remember her so many years later?
5. What point is Ravitch making when she asserts, “An observer might have concluded that [Mrs. Ratliff] was a very ineffective teacher” (para. 13)?

   Chapter 5 - 5. Stop the Madness - Questions: What point is Ravitch making when she asserts, “An observer might have concluded that [Mrs. Ratliff] was a very ineffective teacher” (para. 13)?
6. In paragraph 17, Ravitch lists what most of us want our education to include, but her list would be difficult to quantify and measure. Why do you believe these qualities should or should not be goals of public education?

   Chapter 5 - 5. Stop the Madness - Questions: In paragraph 17, Ravitch lists what most of us want our education to include, but her list would be difficult to quantify and measure. Why do you believe these qualities should or should not be goals of public education?
7. What is the difference between “training” and “educating” that Ravitch implies in paragraph 18?

   Chapter 5 - 5. Stop the Madness - Questions: What is the difference between “training” and “educating” that Ravitch implies in paragraph 18?