Alexander Russo is a journalist and former Senate education staffer.
I still don’t think he has much chance, but John Edwards looks like he hasn’t given up on bashing NCLB and wooing teachers (and others) who might be swayed by that. According to The Caucus, he even pulled out the old “you don’t fatten a pig by weighing it” line. Now if that isn’t commitment. (Edwards Talks Education and Livestock). A following article points out that Edwards is trying to use NCLB to distract from all the Clinton attention for her health care plan, and that Edwards’ education plan focuses on better, not necessarily fewer, tests.
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