Second terms are notoriously brutal. Clinton and Lewinsky. Reagan and Iran-Contra. Nixon and Watergate. Bush 43 and New Orleans, the Iraqi insurgency, financial meltdown, and everything else. It didn't take long for Obama to join the club. His Attorney General has been nailed for wiretapping ... Read Full Post >
We hosted an intriguing conversation at AEI yesterday on the aftermath of the 2012 elections and what they meant for education. (You can catch it here in the C-SPAN archive if you missed it.) The panel featured Andy "Eduwonk" Rotherham, Alyson "Politics K-12" Klein, House Speaker John Boehner's edu-... Read Full Post >
President Obama won reelection last night, after a campaign that featured a lot of talk of "Romnesia" and much less discussion of what he'd do in a second term. It gave me a strong sense of deja vu: not for 2008, but for 2004, when President Bush slogged to a similarly narrow, ugly victory by dousi... Read Full Post >
What does tomorrow hold? For all those educators, scholars, and advocates who don't have a lot of time to track national politics or wonder about what the results might mean for education, let's take a quick spin around the block: First, the conventional wisdom is that President Obama has better t... Read Full Post >
Hidy, all. I'm back. Had my head down, crashing away on the Cage-Busting book manuscript. We'll eventually see how that turned out. Meanwhile, I've been blown away by the quality of the guest-blogging, so a special thanks to Jonathan, Chapman, Robin, and Andrew. Anyway, let's get back to it, ... Read Full Post >
Interesting day at AEI on Wednesday. Hosted a lively discussion on "Education 2012: What the Election Year Will Mean for Education Policy," looking at what the year ahead holds for education in Washington and nationally. I was joined by a wickedly smart crew that featured Democrats for Ed Reform ch... Read Full Post >
Hidy all, I'm back. Lots of excitement while I was away, including the bizarre GOP primary season and the President's SOTU speech. For what it's worth, I thought the SOTU's seven-minute education section was embarrassing. The President could've said that NCLB waivers are a poor substitute for le... Read Full Post >
Hidy, all. I'm back. Thanks to Melissa, Sheara, Celine, and Roxanna for three weeks of stellar guest turns. While I was out, in last week's Republican debate, Texas Governor Rick Perry promised (in the course of a major gaffe) that the Department of Education would be "gone" if he's elected Presi... Read Full Post >
Press interest has been picking up the last couple weeks when it comes to the GOP contenders and education. Here are seven keys to keep in mind when making sense of what the Republican field is (and isn't) saying on that score. First, most of those opining on the edu-thinking of the GOP candidates... Read Full Post >
Given the result of yesterday's state senate recall elections in Wisconsin, I'm feeling a lot of sympathy for the labor unions this morning. As the Washington Post's Michael Fletcher noted this morning, the fact that Republicans retained control of the state senate is "a major victory for Republica... Read Full Post >
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