Preeminent education historian and public school advocate Diane Ravitch talks to Bill this week about the private sellout of public schools.

A new report says that for decades, New York State schools have been more segregated for blacks than any Southern state.

The Catholic archbishop of NY, Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, has lobbied for a new state tax credit for individuals and corporations who donate money to schools, including religious ones.

Dig into the debate over dollars and cents in this interactive explainer, produced by Newsbound.

Those interested in creating a market-based system to replace public education are spreading the false story that our public schools are obsolete and failing. They are not.

Back then, and again now, we hear that the key to prosperity is getting government regulations out of businesses' way.

The DOE’s comprehensive civil rights survey revealed this and several other disturbing stats about racial inequality in our public schools.

Young people have every reason to feel detached from an array of major institutions that are no longer in tune with the problems that they face.

The conservative assault on food stamps -- authored by Reagan, updated by Ryan -- is really an attack on the middle class.

Plutocrats keep comparing progressives to Nazis. What's up with that?