Fall intern Molly Kennedy offers up this reading:
Nancy Mitchell writes in the Rocky Mountain News about the excitement Barack Obama's education plans have generated , particularly in the choice sector and for those who think "outside the K-12 box." Education officials in the Denver area cite Obama's comments on education as examples of his openness to "a new generation of education reformers," and as reason to be excited for his election. In Dayton, Ohio, for example, he said that "charter schools that are successful will get the support they need to grow, charters that aren't will get shut down...I want experimentation, but I also want accountability."
Also, check out how Obama's election has been received by many students and schools across the country here , here , and here - just a glimpse.