Mitt Romney’s son: Pay teachers more
Mitt Romney hasn't talked much, if at all, about teacher pay on the campaign trail. But son Josh Romney raised the...
Read More >Michelle Rhee at the RNC: Education reform “has to be a bipartisan movement”
Michelle Rhee calls herself a “very, very, lefty liberal.” So what is she doing at the RNC in Tampa? Building...
Read More >The Tea Party case for eliminating the U.S. Department of Education
Tea Party groups succeeded in pushing the Republican Party platform to the right this year, but they failed to restore...
Read More >Christie: "They believe in teacher's unions. We believe in teachers."
Apart from Jeb Bush's comments at a panel discussion yesterday, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie offered the RNC's most extensive...
Read More >Here's the 2012 Republican platform on education
The whole platform was just passed by the convention and released. Here are the sections on K-12 education (for highlights...
Read More >Jeb Bush, Michelle Rhee, Kumbaya
Liberal Democrat Michelle Rhee and conservative Republican Jeb Bush shared a stage at the RNC in Tampa today and suggested...
Read More >Randi Weingarten's not a fan of parent trigger movie (showing today at the RNC)
Randi Weingarten must be watching the RNC goings-on pretty closely too. Minutes ago, the president of the American Federation of Teachers sent out a...
Read More >What could more Charlie Crist mean for education in Florida?
A dramatic – and some would say opportunistic - reversal on a sweeping teacher pay and evaluation bill is among the top...
Read More >Eric J. Smith, another Floridian worthy of being Romney’s education chief
EdWeek’s Politics K-12 blog offers an intriguing list of possible education secretaries in a Romney administration, including one prominent Floridian: Jeb...
Read More >Protests, protests everywhere, but nary a peep about ed reform
Peace? Check. Worker’s rights? Check. A greener planet? Check. K-12 ed reform? … Not so much. What was anticipated to...
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