A couple of good readings

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/04/28/obamas-big-second-term-education-problem
Obama’s big second-term education problem

http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/04/the-coming-revolution-in-public-education/275163/ 
The Coming Revolution in Public Education

And if you don't follow Larry Cuban's blog: http://larrycuban.wordpress.com/