Global Guru #1 !!!

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1. Yvonne says:

   February 18, 2022 at 11:07 am

   Congratulations, Diane.  👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

   Thank you for ALL that you do.

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   • Arthur H Camins says:

     February 18, 2022 at 1:11 pm

     We’ll deserved!

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2. teacherken says:

   February 18, 2022 at 11:18 am

   since I know you and the 3 you mention, glad to see all of you recognized

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3. Roy Turrentine says:

   February 18, 2022 at 11:19 am

   When will we see a picture with a turban and a lotus position.

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   • SomeDAM says:

     February 18, 2022 at 12:25 pm

     And levitating?

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     • SomeDAM says:

       February 18, 2022 at 12:29 pm

       Any guru worth his or her salt can levitate.

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     • Bob Shepherd says:

       February 18, 2022 at 1:17 pm

       Yup. That’s why I absolutely refuse to do it anymore.

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     • Roy Turrentine says:

       February 18, 2022 at 9:18 pm

       Nice pic. I come to you for advice

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   • dianeravitch says:

     February 18, 2022 at 3:04 pm

     I’m working on that turban thing.

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     • Bob Shepherd says:

       February 18, 2022 at 3:34 pm

       I want to see that!!!

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     • dianeravitch says:

       February 18, 2022 at 3:43 pm

       Roy, I got the guru look on Twitter by the creative “Coop Mike,” but no turban: https://t.co/dYvFvMGwiX

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4. retired teacher says:

   February 18, 2022 at 11:26 am

   Kudos to you for your many accomplishments. Although it is not mentioned in the biography, you should be extolled, not just for your scholarship, but for your activism as well. Being a founding member of the Network for Public Education is an important accomplishment. With a network of state grassroots organizations, it is one of the most reliable ways supporters of public education can access facts, not misinformation, about public education. NPE is an important organization as it seeks to tell the truth about privatization and the campaign to dismantle public education.

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5. Joe Jersey says:

   February 18, 2022 at 11:43 am

   A well-deserved honor, congratulations and thank you so much for all your advocacy for the real public schools!

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6. Fred Smith says:

   February 18, 2022 at 12:03 pm

   Kudos to da Guru
   Grand Master Ravitch
   Guiding Light

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7. Bob Shepherd says:

   February 18, 2022 at 12:10 pm

   Congrats, Diane! Well deserved!

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8. Nancy Saltzman says:

   February 18, 2022 at 12:13 pm

   Congratulations and thank you for writing this blog!

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9. Bob Shepherd says:

   February 18, 2022 at 12:14 pm

   Reprising this post from my blog, written back in 2017, on the occasion of this award:

   Our Boadicea, Our Jeanne d’Arc, Is a 79-year-old Grandmother, an Existence Proof of the Stupidity of Ageism

   On this Labor Day, I wanted to take a moment to acknowledge the Herculean labors of Diane Ravitch. Dr. Ravitch has for many years now been the most significant force for sanity in all of U.S. K-12 education. Day in and day out, she indefatigably calls out the charlatans and grifters on the education carnival midway and fights to protect our most important institution, our public schools. In addition to being our foremost historian of education, she has also become our premier muckraker–the Ambrose Bierce, Ida B. Wells, Ida Tarbell, Lincoln Steffens, Nelly Bly, and Upton Sinclair of our age. God bless her. My admiration and respect for this brilliant, fierce, relentless fighter for justice and equity in U.S. education, for our Boadicea, our Jeanne d’Arc, knows no bounds.

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10. SomeDAM says:

    February 18, 2022 at 12:27 pm

    I am disappointed that Master Bob did not make the cut.

    A major oversight, for sure.

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    • Bob Shepherd says:

      February 18, 2022 at 1:22 pm

      Enlightened Master Bob was voted sexiest guru by the Galactic Federation just this last Thors-daeg!

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11. speduktr says:

    February 18, 2022 at 1:15 pm

    Thank you for being and doing. Doesn’t that sound guru like?

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    • Bob Shepherd says:

      February 18, 2022 at 1:23 pm

      HAAA! Yes. Perfect.

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12. SomeDAM Poet says:

    February 18, 2022 at 1:50 pm

    Guru Ravitch

    Diane’s a guru
    Of this we are sure
    A Gandhi and Nehru
    With heart that is pure
    Profound edu-mystic
    With Blog of the Ages
    With leading statistic
    For visits to pages

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    • dianeravitch says:

      February 18, 2022 at 3:00 pm

      Thank you, Poet.

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13. FLERP! says:

    February 18, 2022 at 2:02 pm

    Off topic reminder that New York continues to require masking of toddlers in daycare while its elected leaders party like its 2019.

    Trust me, you always want @TishJames by your side! pic.twitter.com/s2jGOP2M00

    — Kirsten Gillibrand (@SenGillibrand) February 17, 2022

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    • LeftCoastTeacher says:

      February 18, 2022 at 7:43 pm

      Gurus wear masks too, even when they are levitating.

      A guru is a teacher. How apropos, Diane. You are in fact the highest guru teacher. You have levitated all the public schools in the country —from this living room. I’d say that’s pretty guruvy.

      In closing, from the Bhavagad Gita, Diane,
      “Delusion lost and wisdom gained
      by your grace”.

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      • Bob Shepherd says:

        February 19, 2022 at 12:49 am

        Jaima!!!

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      • Bob Shepherd says:

        February 19, 2022 at 12:50 am

        Jai ma!

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    • Bob Shepherd says:

      February 19, 2022 at 1:06 am

      Yes, Flerp, there are people who stupidly put themselves and others at risk by gathering maskless in public places, like restaurants and classrooms.

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      • FLERP! says:

        February 19, 2022 at 8:47 am

        Oddly I don’t hear much outrage about the restaurant part.

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      • leftcoastteacher says:

        February 19, 2022 at 4:13 pm

        I don’t recall much outrage from anyone who wears a mask and doesn’t have a problem with a little piece of paper on his or her nose. Just sighs of disbelief. Well, hopefully we can all hang in there cautiously for just another few weeks and it will all be water under the bridge. Then we can go back to arguing about more serious matters such as the dangers of wearing baseball caps backwards and chewing gum.

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      • Bob Shepherd says:

        February 19, 2022 at 8:52 pm

        ROFLMAO!!!

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    • NYC public school parent says:

      February 20, 2022 at 1:12 am

      The mask mandate is also still in place for mass transit. Also in nursing homes. Also in hospitals!

      Anyone but flerp see a pattern? Like there are some places with huge numbers of unvaccinated and vulnerable children MUST attend. Like there are some places that adults MUST use — they aren’t optional places where those who want to avoid exposure can avoid.

      Manufactured outrage. People who don’t even have young children are angry but parents with kids in preschool aren’t nearly as angry.

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14. John Ogozalek says:

    February 18, 2022 at 7:29 pm

    Congrats!

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15. beachteach says:

    February 18, 2022 at 8:16 pm

    Congratuations!!! And thank you for this blog.

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16. retiredbutmissthekids says:

    February 19, 2022 at 12:02 am

    🎉 CONGRATULATIONS!🎉

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17. Duane E Swacker says:

    February 19, 2022 at 9:46 am

    Felicidades

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18. Peg Portscheller says:

    February 19, 2022 at 4:17 pm

    Congratulations, Diane, and thanks for all you do!

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19. NYC public school parent says:

    February 20, 2022 at 1:04 am

    Such a well-deserved honor! Congratulations and thank you.

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