Campaign '08
Follow Education Week‘s print and online-only coverage of the 2008 presidential campaign to learn more about where the major candidates stand on education. Also read the edweek.org blog, Campaign K-12, for more analysis of the candidates’ views. Also, check our election multimedia resources and coverage.
Federal
K-12 Issues Will Await President
The campaign winner will have a major role in reauthorizing the No Child Left Behind Act.
Federal
Association’s Ads Highlight Unity
Whatever the outcome of the presidential election, charter school advocates hope they’ve already emerged as winners.
Equity & Diversity
Campaign Notebook
No to Teachers' Buttons
A federal district judge has ruled that the New York City school system’s prohibition against teachers’ wearing of campaign buttons in school is likely constitutional.
Federal
Campaign Notebook
A College Debate on K-12
The Teachers College debate last week between Ms. Darling-Hammond and Ms. Keegan, which was webcast live by edweek.org, resulted in a vigorous, and at times pointed, discussion about merit pay, early-childhood education, and other issues under the title “Education and the Next President.”
Federal
Campaign Notebook
Remark on Testing Opens a Portfolio of Questions
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.
Federal
School-Based Voting Poses a Tricky Choice: Class Day, or Day Off
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.`
Federal
Races for Congress Have Sparse Debate on Education Issues
Congressional candidates from both major parties are largely sidestepping the key education questions that await the next Congress.
Federal
Unions Battle for Democrats in Swing States
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.
Special Education
Candidates Can Relate to Teachers
The presidential and vice presidential nominees all have close relatives who are, or have been, teachers.
Education
Debate: Education and the Next President
"Education and the Next President" was a live debate that took place Oct. 21, 2008 at Teachers College, Columbia University, between Linda Darling-Hammond, education adviser to Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, and Lisa Graham Keegan, education adviser to Republican presidential nominee John McCain. The event was exclusively Webcast by edweek.org.
Education
Panel Discussion: What’s at Stake for Schools?
Education Week's Associate Editor David Hoff hosted this Oct. 21 post-panel analysis "What's at Stake for Schools," following the debate, "Education and the Next President," hosted by Teachers College, Columbia University. Guests on this panel included:
Education
Transcript: Education and the Next President
Transcript of a debate between Lisa Graham Keegan, education advisor to Republican Presidential nominee John McCain, and Linda Darling-Hammond, education advisor to Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama, held at Teachers College, Columbia University in the Cowin Conference Center on Tuesday evening, October 21st, 2008