Mike Klonsky's Blog

Vallas (right) was beaten by Rod Blagojevich (left) in '02.  Fran Spielman Sources said Vallas alienated teachers unions by pri...

Where's your pal Newt? Not touring together any more? Remember 3 bedfellows tour one year ago w/ Gingrich & Sharpton? Reaching a...

The problem with billionaire philanthropists A strong nonprofit sector, fueled by tax-deductible donations, is one of the great things abo...

Duncan, Gingrich & Sharpton on Meet the Press Duncan: "I just want to say, as a country, we need more good schools." Me: Why...

Slate (h/t Russo) Newt selling Duncan's plan in Philly road show Gingrich, a Republican, wants more charter schools and stronger charte...

"Not the time for Dewey" Given the existing constraints of imposed instruction and the demand for orderly, acquiescent behavior, w...

Arne Duncan is going on tour with strange bedfellows , Al Sharpton and Newt Gingrich to promote the Race to the Top . Newt, as a leader o...

EEP's house of cards There appears to be trouble brewing in EEP land. The unprincipled alliance between the "strange bedfellows,...

Who got to Gingrich...? Was it just the already badly isolated Limbaugh Party leaders and/or the badly embarrassed conservative EEP faction ...

Who's with Newt? EEP? A week ago, race baiter Newt Gingrich was at the White House, lecturing Obama about education being the "civ...

Tom VanderArk , as usual, has his head up his rear end. Remember VDA? He was the education front man at Gates who pushed the idea that urban...

"Don't read too much into it..." An Obama administration source cautioned not to read too much into Mayor Bloomberg's rece...

I don't think Bloomberg, Sharpton, and Gingrich are such "strange bedfellows." Do you? It was the very image of the strang...