Topic: Diane Ravitch

Save Our Schools March: a teacher revolt against Obama education reform

The Save Our Schools March on Washington Saturday is part of a new nationwide push to organize educators against the Obama administration's regime of education reform.

Reader recommendation: The Death and Life of the Great American School System

Reader recommendation: The Death and Life of the Great American School System

Monitor readers share their favorite book picks.

Education reform: Have business-savvy officials improved big-city schools?

Big-city mayors have been turning to leaders from the business world to push their agenda of education reform. Critics say schools need leadership from educators.

Education secretary Arne Duncan: headmaster of US school reform

As students head back to school, educators nationwide are implementing controversial school reform wrought by Arne Duncan. Pushing competitive market approaches and armed with unprecedented funding and support from the president, he is possibly the most powerful education secretary ever.

Colorado latest battleground for teacher performance

Legislation in Colorado would put teachers on probation based in part on student scores on standardized tests. It’s part of a trend around the country that teacher unions find threatening.

The Death and Life of the Great American School System

Noted policymaker Diane Ravitch says she was wrong to jump on the No Child Left Behind bandwagon.

Want to save $50,000? Try a three-year college degree.

With costs soaring, some colleges offer students a way to graduate early with a three-year college degree. But critics say students lose out on gaining breadth of experience.