Michael Bennet, the Arne Duncan alternative?

We still think Arne Duncan is the likely pick for education secretary, but what if, for whatever reason (say, the

Department of Education's new FERPA regulations

The Department of Education released its long-anticipated undated FERPA regulations yesterday, to be analyzed by the Data Quality Campaign in the coming weeks (and covered by the Wall Street Journal here.).

Illinois troubles not enough to topple Arne Duncan

From our intern Charlotte Underwood:

Senator Weingarten?

She's been in DC but a few weeks and already the pull of New York is calling her home--as a New York State Senator?

A trickle of TIMSS news

The 2007 results of the Trends in Mathematics and Science Study are to be released officially this morning (and I haven't managed to get my hands on a copy, darn it!), but some of the news is already starting to leak out:

Legacy time

Here's the official Edu

TIMSS: What gets tested gets taught

The Trends in??International Mathematics and Science Study results are out. Here's Fordham's official take:

Arne dominates

Arne Duncan still dominates the field in our pick-the-next-education-secretary poll. Our ten Washington insiders are sticking with the likely nominee, but some voters are looking for the unexpected choice. If not the basketball extraordinaire from Chicago, who might it be?

Diane Ravitch's take on TIMSS

From guest blogger Diane Ravitch, a Fordham board member and research professor at NYU:

Sad times in Illinois

Poor Arne Duncan! First the Illinois Governor goes down in flames.

Teacher knows best

I'm not a teacher but Ashley Heard is. She was whipped into action (translation: letter to the editor of WaPo) this weekend after hearing about a shooting at Anacostia Senior High School. That said, don't listen to me, listen to her:

Where do I sign up?

As many Americans face increasingly tight financial times--and some even unemployment--I found this story by Yoav Gonen

Speaking of Christmas gifts.....

Apparently there's a book being released next year about giftedness and EducationNews.org

Hubris alert!

The news media is clearly anticipating the announcement of an education secretary pick soon, because the k-12 issue hasn't gotten this much attention since George Bush and Ted Kennedy teamed up to pass the No Child Left Behind Act.

Another guv bites the dust

I've been quite transparent about my interest in seeing the education secretary job filled by a sitting or former governor.

Race to the top

This Washington Post analysis is a nice cut on the school comparison genre.

The big money's on Arne Duncan

Perhaps the news that yet another governor has taken herself out of contention led our Washington Insiders to put even more of their chips on Chicago superintendent Arne Duncan in the race for the ed

GM, headed for corrective action

Jay Greene takes the measure of the auto industry's bailout bill in Congress and finds it wanting: It's now becoming clear that rather than moving K-12 public education to look more like a competitive market, we are moving the competitive market to look more like K-12 public education.

Deputy and assistant secretaries matter too

David Brooks has been weighing in on the education secretary debate for a few weeks now. Today's??latest installment, however, I think was his best.

LDH: muse or monster of education reform?

Well, Mike ain't gonna be getting a Christmas card from Linda this year.

The Democratic Party's schism is now official

With both David Brooks of the New York Times and

Re: Deputy and assistant secretaries matter too

Staff assistants matter too

Here at Fordham, the staff assistant is the glue that holds the place together.

Maybe it's Mabus

Ray Mabus has picked up quite a head of steam over the past week or so, putting him fairly high up on the rungs of the ladder in our latest education secretary poll. But, some are certain it's Sebelius, who has risen to the number two spot, knocking Klein out of his armchair.

Surprise in store?

All of the votes aren't in yet for today's pick-the-next-education-secretary-daily-tracking-poll, but two new names have surfaced.

Gadfly is back

We know it was tough to be Gadfly-less through Thanksgiving (although we hope our sumptuous video menu helped tide you over). Good news: we're baaaack.

Spellings meets Duncan, who has "no idea" when ed secretary post to be announced

The AP reports that Arne Duncan, Chicago Public Schools chief,

No thanks, says Kaine

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Breaking down the brewing battle...

David Whitman, author of "Sweating the Small Stuff: Inner-City Schools and the New Paternalism," wrote

Bill Gates ??? charter schools