Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: A stunning story in Bloomberg BusinessWeek reveals Donald Trump’s end game: Suppress the Hillary vote. Target certain audiences and bombard them on the Internet with negative stories that discourage them from turning out. Joshua Green and Sasha Issenberg went “inside the Trump bunker” to learn the campaign’s strategizing.… Read more

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Some years ago, I visited Constitution Hall in Philadelphia with my then-young children. The guide, a young man, said, “One of the most momentous events in world history happened in this room.” Long pause. He continued: “George Washington decided not to run for re-election. He could have but… Read more

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: One of the great all-time Broadway shows was Mel Brooks’ “The Producers,” starring Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane (based on the movie with Zero Mostel). The two men were failed producers who came up with a brilliant idea: raise lots of money to produce a really terrible play,… Read more