NCLB has left a lasting pall over public education. The new ESSA revision could point the way to something better, but it could also prove to be a disaster.

The original ESEA was intended to compensate for the obstacles to learning created by poverty. Since 1965, ESEA has been modified, renamed, and extended to include such issues as civil rights.

Betsy DeVos wants to cut the federal education budget by $9 billion.

Any meaningful reform will require overhauling the way teachers are prepared to teach and how the schools are organized.

The present entrepreneurial attitude fueling public school reform loses sight entirely of what and whom the public schools are for.

An irony of the current turbulence in public education is taking us back to the beginnings of the Republic, when only the people with means could educate their children.

Opponents of the Department of Education say it's "unconstitutional." What ARE the functions of this cabinet-level department?

Tax-payers who recognize that vouchers are bad news for public education nevertheless imagine that charter schools are unqualifiedly good for the US school population. A certain kind of charter school has its place in the public system. Charter schools run by for-profit managers have no place.

Because it is the declared intention of the current administration to eliminate the federal Department of Education, their choice of Secretary is an excellent one.

A principal goal of the 115th Congress is to abolish the federal Department of Education. Wherever you stand on the issue, you would do well to consider the ramifications.