Viewpoints

While the education positions of the candidates have been sparse so far, the candidates are beginning to speak more and more about the topic. (That they would have to say somethig more is inevitable) . This week, McCain went before the NAACP and d...Read More

On June 24, Senator Kerry (D-MA) introduced S.3184, the Empowering Teaching and Learning Through Education Portals Act. The bill would provide grants to States to help cover the cost of implementing and maintaining education portal initiatives. Th...Read More

As one that works in public education, I’m probably a bit biased. But it seems absolutely insane that we are not focusing in on education as one of, if not the, top political issues in this election. ED in ‘08 has been trying to draw attention t...Read More

Half of Americans say U.S. schools are doing only a fair to poor job preparing kids for college and the work force. Even more feel that way about the skills kids need to survive as adults, an Associated Press poll released Friday finds.”A lot of kid...Read More

Can we expect excellence and equity at the same time? Is it fair to expect all students to experience academic growth so that everyone graduates from K12 education prepared to succeed in college? Politically, yes, we do expect that, and that is why...Read More