The Choice Channel

“It’s mid-October, and with the Presidential Election less than a month away public education is still not playing a major part in the campaign, or in voters’ decisions. The crumbling financial situation, concerns over health care, and the war in Iraq are all more important to the voters and the candidates. And yet, come January, our new President will appoint a Secretary of Education and begin to influence, if not direct, federal education policy. Unfortunately, too many education advisers these days are not educators, and not in touch with the daily successes – and struggles – of schools and schoolchildren. I thought about this on the way home from school on Tuesday, October 7.” (10/14/08)