dr. diane ravitch. [applause] >> randy cater specifically to introduce me and i am very grateful to her for her french shipping and leadership them the courage that she shows to stand up for teachers. and i am very happy to be at the philadelphia free library because today is the day of my book published in what that means and to be on publication day as a was sitting back there i looked amazon it is number 105 on the first day. [applause] in i know from years at looking at amazon though once ahead of it are cookbooks. [laughter] it is the number-one book of public policy a and it just came out today so i am delighted also excited that you are ground zero. for the destruction of privatization of education. to write about schools without social workers or counselors or libraries bang you say why are the children learning? they're missing something. but to help fight back in an organization that will be a path and we will not raise much money but that is the good housekeeping seal of approval to those rac

dr. diane ravitch. [applause] >> thank you so much, randi. i can't think of anyone that i would rather have introduced me -- [inaudible] spent not working? sorry. i wanted to thank randi because she came here specifically to introduce me. i am very grateful to her. i'm grateful to her for her friendship, for her leadership, for the courage that she showed him standing up for teachers. i'm very happy to be at a philadelphia free library, particularly because today is the day that my book is published and i can't tell you what that means to an author to be on publication day. as i was sitting in the room back there, which i guess is called a greenroom, i looked on amazon and i discovered that my book is number 105 on the first day applaud mac -- and i know from years of looking at amazon a lot of books ahead of it are cookbooks. [laughter] it's the number one ranked book in outlook policy on amazon.com. it just came out today. so i'm really excited and pumped. i'm also excited to be here in philadelphia. you are ground zero. pennsylvania is gro