The campaigns of Sen. John McCain and Sen. Barack Obama have engaged in a sharp and testy exchange on education, making the topic the center of debate for the first time since the long race for the presidency began.
September 15, 2008
Although Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has espoused conservative positions on teaching creationism and abstinence-only sex education, the Republican vice presidential nominee has not pushed those beliefs into state policy.
September 9, 2008
Two of Barack Obama’s education advisers are taking a page from the community-organizing playbook to tout the Democratic presidential nominee’s 10-point education platform.
September 8, 2008
Notes on NEA members at the Republican National Convention, Newt Gingrich and Al Sharpton's shared education agenda, and the the push for English to be the "official language" of the United States.
September 8, 2008
John McCain is offering positions on educational accountability and school choice that most of his fellow Republicans are likely to support. But those ideas don’t address the sharp divisions within his party over NCLB.
September 5, 2008
Notes on Sens. Joe Biden and Barack Obama's education policy, the future of the ED in '08 campaign, and the future of No Child Left Behind according to House Education and Labor Committee Chair Rep. George Miller.
September 2, 2008
In tapping Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate, John McCain has selected an official who has supported increased funding for schools across her rural, frontier state and voiced support for school-choice programs that appeal to many conservatives.
August 29, 2008
It remains far from clear whether Sen. McCain—and other top Republicans—will continue to embrace No Child Left Behind Act or whether the GOP will return to its role as a champion of limited government and local control of schools.
August 29, 2008
Accepting the historic Democratic presidential nomination, Barack Obama sets an ambitious goal that members of his party don't necessarily agree on how to reach.
Updated: September 9, 2008
Democrats are almost certain to leave their convention in Denver united behind Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois as their nominee for president. But it less likely that they’ll settle an intraparty disagreement over how much the public should expect from schools.
August 22, 2008
The host city and state for the Democratic National Convention has made a range of contributions to U.S. education.
August 22, 2008
The annual Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup survey suggests Americans have more faith in the presumptive Democratic nominee for president than in Sen. John McCain on education issues.
August 20, 2008
As their education plans begin to crystallize, sharper differences are emerging between John McCain and Barack Obama.
July 25, 2008
Obama is proposing $18 billion in new federal education money, while McCain sees NCLB funding as adequate, and weighs a domestic spending freeze.
July 15, 2008
Obama is proposing $18 billion in new federal education money, while McCain sees NCLB funding as adequate, and weighs a domestic spending freeze.
July 8, 2008
The presumed November matchup produced by the long presidential-primary season that ended last week offers contrasting approaches to K-12 policy, along with some common ground on the basics of the No Child Left Behind Act.
June 9, 2008
Indiana high schoolers pitch in to campaign for Sen. Barack Obama in preparation for the state's primary elections on May 6.
April 25, 2008
William C. Ayers is widely known and respected in education as a professor, commentator, and advocate for progressive teaching and social justice.
April 25, 2008
For a $600-a-week stipend plus parking and meals, 14 retired teachers and other school employees are doing nuts-and-bolts campaign work for Hillary Rodham Clinton.
April 14, 2008
April 11, 2008, AP
Education won’t be any more prominent in the general-election campaign than it has been during the presidential primaries, said two of the three panelists at a symposium last week.
March 11, 2008
Throughout the presidential campaign, the leading Democrats have been speaking from a similar script on education—until this month.
February 22, 2008
The likely Republican nominee has said little on the campaign trail about education.
February 15, 2008
The National Education Association is ready to spend $40 million this election year. But it isn’t ready to endorse a candidate for president.
January 28, 2008
The presidential campaign season provides a prime opportunity to explain to students the importance of elections and the discourse they trigger.
January 22, 2008
No area is more in need of reconceptualization than education, James P. Comer writes.
January 15, 2008
U.S. students spend too little time and effort on academics in high school, compared with harder-working young people in China and India, according to a new documentary.
Updated: March 5, 2008
Candidates from both parties seem to be sharpening their focus on what might fix the ills of American public education.
December 18, 2007
Despite ideological differences, three gubernatorial veterans in the 2008 presidential race share some experiences in dealing with education.
December 17, 2007
Republican presidential contenders Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney squared off on college tuition for undocumented immigrant students during last week’s CNN/YouTube debate.
December 4, 2007
Most analysts have seen little evidence that the Ed in '08 campaign is succeeding in giving education a high profile in the presidential race.
December 3, 2007
Democratic presidential contenders gave their opinions on merit pay for teachers at a recent event.
November 27, 2007
The candidates for the 2008 presidential nominations have not been as detailed about education policy as in some recent elections. But that doesn’t mean the stakes aren’t high.
November 6, 2007
The candidates discussed teacher pay at a recent debate in Iowa.
August 28, 2007
Will their rhetoric yield sound ideas for improving Washington’s role in school reform?, Bruce Fuller asks.
August 28, 2007
