David Whitman, all-around smart and nice guy and author of Sweating the Small Stuff, a stellar tale of great urban schools (published by Fordham), is joining the US Dept of Education in the communications office. Good to know that a reformer will be helping ED develop and sell the reform message.
Along similar lines, I spent some time this week with one recent ED appointee and another about to come onboard (sorry, can't spill the beans yet). I'm encouraged by this second wave of appointments.