Diane Ravitch — American Historian

Diane Silvers Ravitch is a historian of education, an educational policy analyst, and a research professor at New York University's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. Previously, she was a U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education... (wikipedia)

The greatest obstacle to those who hope to reform American education is complacency.
American education has been littered with failed fads and foolish ideas for the past century.