Assignment Week 7

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/24/opinion/sunday/the-common-core-costs-billions-and-hurts-students.html?ref=opinion
In Diane Ravitch's "The Common Core Costs Billions and Hurts Students," the author primarily uses ethos as a method to invoke feelings of opposition toward the program. She establishes her credibility by explaining that,"[She] was an assistant secretary of education in George H. W. Bush's administration and a member of three consecutive think tanks." The warrant here is the belief that these credentials qualify her to be an expert on the subject of Common Core. As the author intended, there is no doubt that the readers will identify with the warrant. The fact that she was a member of the government sector that specializes in education ought to enough to supply adequate credentials. However, she includes the fact that she worked directly underneath a former president. Sure, there may be biases toward president George Bush, but throughout her essay, she actually turn her side to oppose George Bush. Essentially she explains that working along the founders of No Child Left Behind enabled her to see the flaws of the system. Statistically, because a larger portion of the audience, typical American citizens, consider Bush an inadequate president, Diane's ethos works to her favor, as she is seen as the "opposite end of the coin."