Writing this time in Educational Leadership, Diane Ravitch offers seven lessons for educators in the aftermath of September 11th. The first of these: it's okay to be patriotic. Ravitch reminds educators that their task "remains the same as it has been for many years: to prepare the students in our charge to sustain our democratic institutions and ideals." Without a solid grounding in critical subjects like American and world history and geography, she argues, our students will not understand the context of the "wanton acts of evil" they witnessed in the terrorist attacks, and will not be able to safeguard our liberty and champion our tradition of freedom. "September 11: Seven Lessons for the Schools," by Diane Ravitch, Educational Leadership, October 2002
