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Thursday, September 11, 2008
Chicago’s influence on Obama’s education thinking
(Obama speaks at Stebbins High School Tuesday.)
Both the Eduwonk blog and The New York Times are writing about the ways Chicago’s school reform over the last decade or so has influence Obama, who was involved in community work and a member of the state legislature during much of that time.
If you want a fuller idea of where Obama is coming from on education, both are worth checking out. Personally, I’d like to see a story somewhere the describes how John McCain’s personal philosophy about education was shaped. McCain’s critics say this is not a topic he has much interest in and therefore there’s not much to learn about how his views were formed. Can the Times or another news organization dig into the truth or fiction of that assertion?
Update: Here’s an Associated Press story that compares and contrasts Obama and McCain on education that I found through Education Writers Association’s Education Election blog.
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