The Choice Channel

“If there’s one feature that defines the presidential debate on education, it’s this: near silence. The USA’s teetering economy and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have all but squeezed out education, a topic important to previous elections. Sen. John McCain focused on it in two speeches to civil rights groups last summer. Sen. Barack Obama, meanwhile, has spoken in detail about schools more often than his rival — his campaign lists 12 education speeches in the past 16 months.” (10/14/08)