Many Jobs, Children's Physical Brains Develop More Fully, Etc. » congress http://www.opportunitv.com A case for "jobs stimulus" in the U.S. that subsidizes American consumers and producers of customized education, and American providers of associated online markets Thu, 13 May 2010 17:42:43 +0000 en hourly 1 The New Yorker: Dems and GOP-ers in Washington, D.C. share enthusiasm for market-centered education reforms http://www.opportunitv.com/2010/01/30/the-new-yorker-dems-and-gop-in-washington-d-c-share-enthusiasm-for-market-centered-education-reforms/ http://www.opportunitv.com/2010/01/30/the-new-yorker-dems-and-gop-in-washington-d-c-share-enthusiasm-for-market-centered-education-reforms/#comments Sat, 30 Jan 2010 13:25:05 +0000 Frank Ruscica http://www.opportunitv.com/?p=970 From a profile of Arne Duncan (subscription required), Obama’s Secretary of Education, in the February 1, 2010 issue of The New Yorker magazine:

Republicans who otherwise have little use for the Obama Administration’s policies…approve of Duncan’s commitment to market-based reforms. Newt Gingrich, the former Speaker of the House, told me that Duncan is Obama’s “one real bipartisan appointment.”

…David Axelrod, who serves as the President’s senior advisor…told me that Obama and Duncan are “in lockstep on education issues.”

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