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As race heats up, education simmers down
I wish I could report Ted Kennedy was endorsing Barack Obama after a long talk about education policy. But Kennedy, an key ed policy player, has not mentioned education in any of his quotes about Obama.
In fact, as Obama has emerged as a top candidate and the primaries have heated up, there isn’t much talk at all about education. Since Iowa, where schools at least were coming up in conversation, education has fallen off the radar while the economy has exploded as a top concern.
Even when Obama sits for an interview he is sticking with the general themes of his education platform.
This post also appears at the Education Writers Association’s Education Election blog.
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By Mary
January 28, 2008 11:29 AM | Link to this
Before the politically correct police rush to our house and burn our treasured Uncle Remus story book,I would like to say I did a google search after my last posting to see if perchance the expression “tar baby” is politically incorrect. Turns out the expression is inflamatory and offensive to some. I, like apparently Milt Romney, did not mean to insult anyone when he used the same expression regarding the “big dig” in Boston. (Is the expression “big dig” also offensive to some, who knows?) My enjoyment of Uncle Remus stories,as a child, including the “Tar Baby”, had nothing to do with racism. I admired the mentoring relationship of Uncle Remus to the young white boy, and the clever and witty stories he told that transcended the evil institution of slavery.By Rich
January 28, 2008 10:15 AM | Link to this
On the state level here in Ohio, I also predict that there will be little or no true reform in the school funding system this year. Why? Because of looming budget problems that will lead to major cuts in many areas. This is politically not the time to be considering additional funding directly from Columbus, even if it’s the more constitutional way to do it. And I won’t be surprised to see the tobacco settlement money (that was recently “cashed out” for immediate school construction dollars, as well as for an increased homestead exemption for senior citizens) raided by the state for other “worthy” causes. The state’s so-called rainy day fund isn’t enough to fill the budget’s predicted funding gap, so get prepared, education community — some measure of new pain WILL be coming from our “leaders” in Columbus!By Mary
January 28, 2008 7:48 AM | Link to this
Maybe it is because all candidates realize education is like the tar baby. No matter what they say about education, they will offend various groups whether it is teachers’ unions, parents, professors, home schoolers, gifted, concerned tax payers, or whomever. So much for Obama’s mantra about telling people what they need to hear instead of what they want to hear. I suppose he is saving it for after he gets votes just like the rest of the candidates. The details scare off votes, and the voters (and media) let the candidates get away with it.