By the looks of David Brooks' column in the NYT today, sensible education reform has the potential to be a bipartisan issue, thanks in large part to Obama's willingness to push effective teacher accountability and merit pay. Read the column here. Here's an excerpt:
Obama’s goal is to make sure results have consequences. He praises data sets that “tell us which students had which teachers so we can assess what’s working and what’s not.” He also aims to reward states that use data to make decisions. He will build on a Bush program that gives states money for merit pay so long as they measure teachers based on real results. He will reward states that expand charter schools, which are drivers of innovation, so long as they use data to figure out which charters are working.
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