Save the date!
The world-renowned Finnish scholar Pasi Sahlberg will speak at Wellesley College on Thursday October 13 at 7 pm at Alumnae Hall.
The new President Barbara Johnston will be there, so will I.
Pasi will be introduced by Howard Gardner. Pasi’s topic: “The Inconvenient Truth About American Education.”
All are invited to hear this distinguished scholar.
This will be the second in the Lecture series that I endowed at my alma mater, to explore education and the common good.
Diane Ravitch's blog 
Invite Bill Gates. Hillary, too.
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Is there any chance this will be filmed or streamed?
On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 1:00 PM, Diane Ravitch’s blog wrote:
> dianeravitch posted: “Save the date! The world-renowned Finnish scholar > Pasi Sahlberg will speak at Wellesley College on Thursday October 13 at 7 > pm at Alumnae Hall. The new President Barbara Johnston will be there, so > will I. Pasi will be introduced by Howard ” >
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Patricia, the event will be videotaped and linked here.
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Idk if there’s any way you could go, but in terms of ed policy and vision Salberg is amazing.
On Friday, October 7, 2016, Diane Ravitch’s blog wrote:
> dianeravitch posted: “Save the date! The world-renowned Finnish scholar > Pasi Sahlberg will speak at Wellesley College on Thursday October 13 at 7 > pm at Alumnae Hall. The new President Barbara Johnston will be there, so > will I. Pasi will be introduced by Howard ” >
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Alas, I have neither the time nor the money to get there from the Pacific NW. Glad it is happening, though. Hope somehow it gets taped for rebroadcast!
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JEM,
Pasi’s lecture will be recorded and I will post it here.
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Thank you Dr. Ravitch for your dedication to promote and to sustain American Democracy through Public Education.
Here is your beautiful and wonderful IMPACTED paragraph that I love to repeat:
[start paragraph]
The purpose of American education is to prepare our children for the duties of citizenship in a democracy.
The federal and state policies of the recent past have aimed to turn education into a competition for higher test scores, despite the fact that testing always favors the advantaged over the disadvantaged.
The creation of competing publicly funded sectors—one public, the other nonpublic—has not improved education. Instead, it has divided communities. And it has created a booming and politically powerful “education industry,” where the big prize is profits, not educated citizens.
[end paragraph]
I really adore and profoundly admire you for your high spirit in order to cultivate readers an opened-mind with love, respect and responsibility about humanity.
Very respectfully yours,
May King
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