Jargon (2007) The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education (2010) Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America's Public Schools (2013) Slaying Goliath: The Passionate Resistance to Privatization and the Fight to Save America's Schools (2020) Ravitch has published hundreds of articles in scholarly and popular journals. Awards Delta Kappa Gamma Educators' Award Ambassador of Honor Award, English-Speaking Union Phi Beta Kappa visiting scholar, 1984–85 Henry Allen Moe Prize, American Philosophical Society, 1986 designated honorary citizen, State of California Senate Rules Committee, 1988, for work on state curriculum Alumnae Achievement Award, Wellesley College, 1989 Medal of Distinction, Polish National Council of Education, 1991 Literary Lion, New York Public Library, 1992 Award for Distinguished Service, New York Academy of Public Education, 1994 Horace Kidger Award, New England History Teachers Association, 1998 Award of Excellence, St. John's University School of Education, 1998 John Dewey Education Award, United Federation of Teachers, 2005 Guggenheim fellowship, 1977 Honorary Life Trustee, New York Public Library John Dewey Award, United Federation of Teachers, New York City, 2005 Gaudium Award from the Breukelein Institute, 2005 Uncommon Book Award, Hoover Institution, 2005 NEA Friend of Education, 2010 American Association of School Administrators, American Education Award, 2011 Outstanding Friend of Education Award, Horace Mann League, 2011 Distinguished Service Award, National Association of Secondary School Principals, 2011 The Deborah W. Meier Hero in Education Award from FairTest, 2011 Politico 50, one of the 50 people whose ideas are shaping our society, 2014 Grawemeyer Award in Education for Death and Life of the Great American School System, 2014 Honorary degrees Amherst College Middlebury College Language Schools Ramapo College Reed College Saint Joseph's College (New York) Siena College State University of New York Union College Williams College Columbia College, Chicago Manhattanville College Queens College, City University of New York See also The Inconvenient Truth Behind Waiting for Superman References External links Diane Ravitch official website (Review of Language Police) Diane Ravitch: No Child Left Behind Has Left US Schools with Legacy of "Institutionalized Fraud" — video by Democracy Now! Waiting for Superman: Fact or Fiction? BAM! Radio podcast discussion. 1938 births American education writers American historians of education American political writers Clinton administration personnel George H. W. Bush administration personnel Jewish American writers Living people People from Brooklyn People from Houston San Jacinto High School alumni Scholars