I'm disappointed in how seldom any of the presidential candidates talk about education. Michelle Obama has said a few things (she's a great speaker, by the way), but my girl Hillary has said nada. I mean, at least in a big way.
Of course, in many ways, that's because traditionally education is a more local issue. Our school boards and local councils and mayors have more of an impact on education than the president does. I know Fenty being the mayor of DC has had a greater impact on schools than Bush.
In a lot of ways the president sets the symbolic tone - sort of the "theme" that will impact education. Accountability, access... whatever the theme is, that's what "street level bureaucrats' (Weatherly and Lipsky, from 1977) will enact on the ground. The reality, of course, ends up being quite different from the goals set on high.
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