A spokeswoman for Sen. Barack Obama sparked a mini-debate over testing last week when she suggested on a national radio show that the Democratic presidential nominee endorses the use of student portfolios.
October 28, 2008
When voters line up at school-based polling places Nov. 4, some students will have a front-row seat, and others will watch what is widely predicted to be a historic turnout from home. It all depends on where they live.`
October 28, 2008
Congressional candidates from both major parties are largely sidestepping the key education questions that await the next Congress.
October 28, 2008
National Education Association and American Federation of Teachers affiliates have been campaigning with every tool at their disposal to reach out to more than 4 million members and their families.
October 27, 2008
The presidential and vice presidential nominees all have close relatives who are, or have been, teachers.
October 27, 2008
Education will be on the ballot Nov. 4, even if the subject hasn’t been on voters’ minds much during the 2008 campaign season.
October 21, 2008
The new class of governors and state legislators to be elected Nov. 4 will inherit financial problems that threaten existing education programs and limit possible new initiatives.
October 21, 2008
The controversy over Sen. Barack Obama’s ties to William C. Ayers took center stage last week during the third and final presidential debate.
October 21, 2008
If children could vote, Barack Obama would be the next president, according to the Scholastic Presidential Election Poll for Kids.
October 20, 2008
The Oct. 15 event gave school issues their highest profile yet in the the presidential campaign, as the candidates had their first and probably only chance for a face-to-face exchange over education.
October 17, 2008
Recent incidents have reignited questions about the scope of teachers’ free-speech rights and the place of politics in the classroom and the rest of the school building.
October 14, 2008
Parents play vital roles in their children’s education, John McCain and Barack Obama agree. But the presidential candidates disagree on what a president should do to encourage parents to participate in the educational experiences of their children.
October 14, 2008
Amid tight budgets and shrinking revenue, states are wagering that voters in next month’s elections will agree to expand state-sanctioned gambling in exchange for increased school aid.
October 13, 2008
Months after conservative commentators began hammering Sen. Barack Obama over his connections to William C. Ayers, Sen. John McCain is clearly making the controversy a part of his campaign strategy.
October 10, 2008
Their plans for using technology to improve schools differ on specifics, but Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain have each taken the position that educational improvement efforts should be firmly supported using technology.
October 10, 2008
Founders of the project chaired by Barack Obama say it has been distorted in the presidential campaign.
Updated: November 19, 2008
The Annenberg Challenge sought to address time, size, and isolation in schools.
Updated: October 14, 2008
McCain and Obama both want to boost teacher training in the subjects, but budget realities may intervene.
October 7, 2008
The vice-presidential candidates insert education into their debate, third-party candidates outline their education proposals, and a major campaign comes to a close.
October 7, 2008
Education issues are poised to break through the din of presidential politics and economic anxiety in more than a dozen states next month, as voters confront ballot questions and constitutional amendments involving K-12 policy and school finance.
October 6, 2008
Sen. Barack Obama pledged last week to spend $2 billion to help eliminate the international “education gap” by 2015, if he is elected president.
September 30, 2008
The No Child Left Behind Act has been the subject of intense debate in school board meetings, state legislatures, and Washington policy circles. Everywhere, it seems, but the presidential campaign.
September 26, 2008
Sen. John McCain has an idea for Head Start that is sure to generate broad support in Congress—because lawmakers have already passed it.
September 23, 2008
Despite heightened interest in presidential politics this election year, “down ballot” races such as the state chiefs’ contests in Indiana, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, and Washington still won’t get much attention.
September 23, 2008
Sen. Barack Obama wants to start a new program supporting an innovative-schools fund—but the campaign’s summary of the proposal omits the requirement linking teacher pay with students’ academic growth.
September 22, 2008
How much money one state spends on special education is an unlikely focus of controversy in a presidential race. But when a previously little-known governor makes a splash as the mother of a special-needs child after getting her party’s vice presidential nod, that seemingly parochial topic can suddenly make news.
September 16, 2008
John McCain and Barack Obama disagree on just how much of a role the federal government should have in encouraging citizens—including young people—to get involved in community service.
September 15, 2008
An Education Week analysis of the campaign ads of Sen. John McCain.
September 15, 2008
An Education Week analysis of the campaign ads of Sen. Barack Obama.
September 15, 2008
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
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November 5, 2008
