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October 6, 2010

The life and second life of the great education book cover

by Elizabeth Green, at 5:14 pm

Diane Ravitch, the education historian and best-selling author, borrowed her title from Jane Jacobs, the chronicler of urban planning.

And it looks like Ravitch’s publisher borrowed the cover art for her latest book from a novel published not too long ago — about a one-room schoolhouse. The two books side by side:

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