Despite Safe, Civil Focus, Chiefs Talk Politics

Denver

While the themes of this years annual meeting of the Council of Chief State School Officers were school safety, civility, and literacy, the debate never strayed far from politics. Namely, participants were asking how schools will fare as a result of this months elections.

"Education issues were given more substantive attention in this election than in any since 1950," Gordon M. Ambach, the executive director of the council, said at the recent meeting here. "The message about the importance of education was heavily touted on both sides, with both parties advocating an activist role...