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A woke professor sent her sons to $60,000-a-year private school on Manhattan’s elusive Upper East Side, despite opposing charter schools and then blamed her ex-husband.
Retired NYU professor, Diane Ravitch, 84, has been called a hypocrite for sending her sons, Michael and Joseph, now adults, to the Dalton School, despite her fierce advocacy against charter school in favor for New York City’s public school.
Her ex-husband, Richard Ravitch, confirmed to the New York Post that their children attended the school, which cost $57,970 a year. The school has many famous alumni, including CNN anchor Anderson Cooper, actresses Tracee Ellis Ross and Claire Danes, and comedian Chevy Chase.
Ed Cox, who co-chairs a SUNY committee that authorities the city to build charter schools, slammed the author, telling the Post: ‘Anyone who sends their kids to private school while opposing charter schools is doing a great disservice to inner city parents who want to give their children a good education.’
Ravitch – who is aligned with the United Federation of Teachers, which opposes charter schools – denied any sort of hypocrisy, saying she has always clearly displayed on her blog page that her children attended a private school.
She also blamed her ex-husband, who was a former chairman for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), as the reason her children when to the prep school.
Retired NYU professor, Diane Ravitch, 84, has been called a hypocrite for sending her sons, Michael and Joseph, now adults, to the Dalton School, despite her fierce advocacy against charter school in favor for New York City’s public school
She blamed her ex-husband Richard Ravitch (pictured) as the reason her children went to the prep school, as he came from a long line of private educated students
‘The question of where my middle-aged sons went to schools is a nothing-burger. For the past decade, my blog bio has said that my two sons went to private school,’ she wrote in a February 22 blog post. ‘It was never a secret that my sons went to private school. I was never “forced to admit” that fact.’
As for why she sent them to Dalton: ‘I married a New Yorker in 1960 whose family had a long tradition of attending private schools.’
Ravitch said she was ‘never contemptuous of public schools’ because she had attended a public institution and was ‘grateful for the education and teachers I had, and the opportunities they opened for me.’
The author, who has written several anti-charter books, said she opposed the schools because they ‘cherrypicked’ students and ‘were no better and possibly worse than public schools.’
‘I enrolled my youngest child in a private school in 1965 and my second child in 1970 because I was a conservative. A lot happened to me in the years between 1965 and 2023, more than I can put into a tweet,’ she said in the blog post.
Her ex-husband, Richard Ravitch, confirmed that their children attended the school (pictured), which cost $57,970 a year
Ravitch – who is aligned with the United Federation of Teachers, which opposes charter schools – denied any sort of hypocrisy, saying she has always clearly displayed on her blog page that her children attended a private school
‘From my life experiences and many years as a scholar of education, I have concluded that the public school teaches democracy in a “who sits beside you” way; it teaches students to live and work with others who are different from them. The public school, I realized, is the foundation stone of our diverse society. It deserves public support and funding.’
Governor Kathy Hochul is a huge proponent for charter schools in the city and has made it a large part of the 2024 budget. She wants to help predominantly black and Latino students fare better in charter schools and receive higher test scores than they do currently in public schools.
Charter schools also spend nearly half the money on students than traditional public schools.
Ravitch slammed the governor, saying the move would hurt the ‘vast majority of students who are in public schools.’
Earlier this month, Ravitch was called out on Twitter after pausing her usual bash of school choice tweets to discuss how public schools bring people together.
Ed Cox, who co-chairs a SUNY committee that authorities the city to build charter schools, slammed the author, telling the Post: ‘Anyone who sends their kids to private school while opposing charter schools is doing a great disservice to inner city parents who want to give their children a good education’
As for why she sent them to Dalton: ‘I married a New Yorker in 1960 whose family had a long tradition of attending private schools’ (pictured: her and her son Joe)
‘The best choice is your local public school,’ Ravitch wrote.’ It welcomes everyone. It unifies community. It is the glue of democracy.’
Pushaw, who worked on Governor DeSantis’ reelection campaign responded to Ravitch’s tweet by attaching a grab of the education writer’s biography on her blog that showed her sons went to private school in The Big Apple.
‘Why didn’t you send your sons to your local public school,’ Pushaw questioned. ‘You didn’t want the best for them? So you paid for private school n NYC? Make it make sense.’
To which Ravitch responded: ‘I paid for it. I didn’t ask taxpayers to pay for my private choice.’
Ravitch, who attended public school herself, has written several books about her opposition to charter schools
Pushaw then questioned the writer’s logic about parents making the ‘best choice’ in determining where to send their kids to school.
‘So what about parents who can’t afford to pay for private school but want to make the best choice for their kids? They don’t deserve the same opportunities as your sons?’
Ravitch didn’t immediately respond to Pushaw – but the Florida aide further commented: ‘Behold, the logic of a liberal. “I paid for my sons to go to private school because it’s the worst choice. It excludes the poor. It un-glues democracy.”‘
She later denounced the altercation in a blog post.
Anderson Cooper and Tracee Ellis Ross are alumni of the school
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