Idol Thoughts

For Spellings, TV time is a chance to put aside education policy debates.

Education Week is no National Enquirer or People magazine, but here’s some gossip: Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings admits to having several clandestine obsessions.

On a train ride from Philadelphia to Washington late last month, Ms. Spellings acknowledged a secret addiction to exercise, saying she often arrives at the Department of Education’s offices by 5:45 a.m. to work out in the gym there.

Readers should note that the chief purpose of the interview with the secretary was to discuss more weighty education matters. ( "Spellings Addresses Testing, NCLB Issues," ...