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Obama names Arne Duncan Secretary of Education
A few sources leaked it last night and today President-elect Barack Obama made it official: he is naming Chicago superintendent of schools Arne Duncan to be his new Secretary of Education. Duncan is widely viewed as a consensus-builder, able to bridge the gaps between the various groups who do battle over education policy. He’s held [...]
Quiet on the Education Front
Over at the Des Moines Register they’re noting how education — usually a mainstay of campaign stump speeches and debates — seems to have gotten the short shrift in this election cycle with health care, the war in Iraq, and the economic downturn dominating the coverage. Nobody expected that education policy would be the issue [...]
Education Debate
In their final debate last week Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama briefly addressed their differences on education policy. Obama underlined his support for more early childhood education, and McCain placed particular emphasis on his support for private school vouchers. Tomorrow the education advisors for each campaign will meet for a debate that will [...]
Third Debate’s the Charm
Well, they took their sweet time getting there but in their third and final debate last night presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama had a lengthy exchange about their differences on education policy. They addressed early childhood education, better pay for teachers, and charter schools and voucher programs in particular. Click below to watch [...]
The Sound of Silence
Greg Toppo at USA Today laments the general silence on the subject of education from presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama. Apart from a few sentences here and there about making college more affordable serious discussion about the state of our school system is yet another victim of the crisis on Wall Street. When [...]
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