I've been mulling the decision by Democrats for Education Reform to suggest Chicago superintendent Arne Duncan as their top pick for education secretary. At first it seemed like the kiss of death for Duncan.
Linda Darling-Hammond, the darling of the teachers unions and ed schools, has been picked to head the education policy team for the Obama transition. This is change we can believe in?
It's Day Five of Fordham's name-the-next-education-secretary-tracking-poll, and Chicago superintendent Arne Duncan has solidified his position as the top contender.
Shine those instruments and start practicing: high school bands across the country thinking "Yes, we can" march in
The Washington Post has a front-page story today about the Republican Governors Association meeting being held in Florida this week.
It looks like Jim Hunt convinced our panel that he doesn't want to move to Washington, because he's back in a distant second place behind Chicago schools superintendent (and
Democrats for Education Reform is circulating a document with its wish list for the transition, including suggestions for key education jobs in the Obama Administration. I read this as a guide to the positions the folks listed below would like for themselves.
Checker's weighing in on The Gates Foundation's new education strategy with an op-ed on Forbes.com.
Maybe it was Diane Ravitch's strong arguments, or perhaps our insiders
So reports the Associated Press. Will our Washington Insiders believe him?
The Los Angeles Times reports that several charter schools in California are outperforming traditional public schools in the state when it comes to serving children in poverty.
(Due to technical difficulties, we're giving everyone another chance to enter the name-the-next-education-secretary contest. If you already entered, please enter again).
Over the past quarter century, Ohio-following national trends-has added an average of $760 million per year to K-12 education. In no year has a funding increase been less than $376 million (see here).
Columnist Richard Cohen caught my eye today by endorsing Al Gore for secretary of state, but much of his column is spent suggesting Joel Klein for secretary of education:
Today we live in a different country than we did even 10 days ago. Back then we were partaken with partisanship and infected with invectiveness.
It's Day Two of Fordham's pick-the-next-secretary-of-education daily tracking poll (
Responding to Checker's and my argument that the NEA and AFT were not essential to Obama's sweeping victory,
This Jay Mathews article and this Valerie Strauss post both indicate that the Georgetown Day School is the leading contender for the
Mike Feinberg, co-founder of KIPP and current KIPP superintendent in Houston, gives Obama a few words of advice in the Houston Chronicle . Obama should:
Perhaps David Brooks wants to get in on Mike's parlor game, guessing the next Secretary. From David's column today, about his dream Obama administration:
Lord knows the Obama girls deserve a puppy, maybe a whole litter, as their reward for enduring the miseries of
It's here and it's hot. Leading off this week is Ascend Learning President and Ed Sector Senior Fellow??Steven Wilson. What's he musing over?
