MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
More from Diane Ravitch, on a tear the last couple of years now.
Also pertinent is Valerie Strauss' "The Diane Ravitch Myth", in case anyone thinks she is running the show on education policy these days: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/answer-sheet/the-diane-ravitch-myth.html