First from the New York Times by David Kirp, it talks about how to fix our struggling schools.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/10/opinion/sunday/the-secret-to-fixing-bad-schools.html?
Then from the Tampa Times by Michael LaForgia an article about how tutoring companies with the permission of the state legislature are scamming millions from our public schools.
http://www.tampabay.com/news/education/public-schools-lose-millions-to-crooks-and-cheaters/1274614
Finally there is an article about how public schools are not preparing studnets for higher education from the Washington Post, by Kenneth Bernstein.