Rep. Tim Walz, D-Minn. on Jan. 3 in Washington, is a teacher on leave and a House freshman. He said he would vote against renewing the No Child Left Behind Act in its current form.
School board member Anette Carlisle of Amarillo, Texas, center, stands for the Pledge of Allegiance during a candidate forum last week. Educators and local school officials unhappy with the state's handling of school finance and other issues are running for the legislature.
Home schoolers Steven and Kim Beach entertain their son Samuel, 5 months, as they join hundreds of others at the Statehouse in Columbia, S.C., for a rally supporting Gov. Mark Sanford's controversial tax-credit proposal. The couple educate their other two sons, who are 4 and 7, at home.
