I’m a big fan of what the folks at Ed In 08 are trying to do in terms of raising the issue of education in the presidential races. It is obviously very important work, so I watch them closely for tips. I’m trying to figure out whether they are doing some sort of good cop, bad cop thing right now.
If you read Roy Romer’s blog, the former governor/DNC Chair/L.A. School Superintendent is living up to his reputation as a thoughtful, measured dude. Optimistic even, especially about the chances for dramatic change this presidential election cycle. There’s a lot of love in that blog, baby.
But then you look at Marc Lampkin’s stuff on Huffington Post and you are almost reminded what it looks like to see a can of whoop-a$$ opened up during a policy discussion.
First he went off on all of the presidential candidates who showed up at Pander-Palooza a few weeks ago. Now he’s going off on CNN and You Tube for managing to squander a perfect opportunity to pin the candidates down on some serious education questions.
Unless someone else says something significantly more interesting in the next seven hours, the DFER quote of the day for tomorrow will probably be this one, from Lampkin:
A student’s question about qualified teachers isn’t a real concern, but a snowman worried about their snow child is?
Giddy-up! He’s raising some crucial points.
So, this is probably the time in the movie when Romer comes into the interrogation room, calmly sends Lampkin out to pick up some smokes, and quietly works out a deal with the startled perps?