Diane Ravitch On The Purpose Of Education

Do you want your child to get the best education they can? I believe the purpose of education is to give all children the basic education they will need to help them succeed for the rest of their life. My view on the purpose of education is similar to Diane Ravitch. Ravitch believes public schools is why our country is successful. I agree with Diane Ravitch because I believe public schools teach you a lot on what you need to know to succeed in life. Public schools does not just teach you the core curriculum you need to get into something such as college or even a job, but it also teaches you social skills and how to communicate with one another. If you went to a school where you could do whatever you wanted, the teachers would not be pushing you to work in groups and interact with each other as much as a public school would.
Diane Ravitch states in American Schools in Crisis “Our schools are now expected to educate all children, whatever their condition.” What Ravitch is saying “whatever their condition” she means whether if the child has financial problems, when segregation was a big thing they would help with that and physical, mental and emotional problems. I agree with Ravitch, because schools are going out of their way to help children get the best education they can. If you look at this from a not very wealthy families view, they would think that this is a great opportunity for their