NPR's 1A program looks at the future of school funding, with a focus on California's latest efforts to equalize spending on schools.

Mike Petrilli interviews Chester Finn and Brandon Wright about their new book.

Mike Petrilli talks with Dale Russakoff about her new book on school reform in Newark. The Prize: Who’s in Charge of America’s Schools? tells a gripping, and mostly depressing, tale of the reform efforts in woebegone Newark, complete with some of the most colorful characters in American public...