Bill continues his conversation with education historian Diane Ravitch about the privatization of public education.

The “Nuns on the Bus” leader reflects on the significance of the recent meeting of the pontiff and the president at the Vatican.

In an excerpt from her book Reign of Error, Diane Ravitch reveals the individuals and corporations behind education reform movement.

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.

And deep-pocketed advocacy groups are lobbying for more -- a trend that alarms advocates of strong science education.

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.

We'd live in a very different world if we privileged well-being over growth.

A look at the main, factually unsound complaints about Neil deGrasse Tyson's series.

Having won the debate about Americans' right to bear arms, the lobby now pushes for a society with more guns.

Proponents of "foreign law bans" would have you believe they are interested in all foreign laws. They're actually designed to specifically target Muslims.