The incoming Obama administration’s transition team has published a position paper with a fairly high-level breakdown of their plan for addressing early childhood, K through 12, and higher education.  For the purpose of this post I want to focus and comment on the K through 12 plan components including my comments.

Though I supported Clinton in the primary, I am really thrilled that Obama was elected and think he will be a transformational leader for our country.  But the education policies of most any liberal democrat – Clinton, Obama, or most anyone else – I’m generally just not comfortable with.  There is way to much bureaucratic, one-size-fits-all social engineering in most of my progressive comrades’ approach to education.  Maybe I am overly jaded and need to give them the benefit of the doubt, or maybe I am naïve in my analysis… you be the judge. Continue reading →