The longstanding arguments for charters could still be had in clean exchanges between judicious people - sans Ravitch - if we seek understanding and progress.

A fight at the 'happiest place on Earth' says a lot about our cultural failure. This is the best justification for 'no excuses' I've seen.

While we focus on improving education in the nation's K-12 schools, we also need to focus on reforming education in the prisons where many who failed in public schools end up.

It's right for equity advocates to focus attention on the students deemed needier. At the same time, they shouldn't allow their advocacy to mean other students aren't likely to need support too.

What happens when desegregation politics become so twisted that progressives defend racism, and conservatives champion racial justice?

Things are getting ugly in Oakland as its teachers turn to violence and intimidation as a strike tactic.