Historian to speak on teacher education

Education historian Diane Ravitch will discuss “The Future of Teacher Education in a Hostile Environment” and the unique role of schools of education in the 21st Century from 3 to 5 p.m. Wed., Nov. 9 in the Grand Salon of the Cal State University Northridge Student Union on the east side of campus off Zelzah Avenue, Northridge.

Ravitch is a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution and a member of the Koret Task Force on K-12 Education, a team of education experts assembled by the Hoover Institution to work on education reform. She’s a research professor of education at New York University and a former U.S. Assistant Secretary for Educational Research and Improvement, serving as a counselor to the U.S. Department of Education.

The campus is at 18111 Nordoff St., Northridge. For more information about the lecture, please call the Office of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at (818) 677-2957.