What Will Obama Do About Education?

As if he won't have enough on his agenda, the new President will find himself in a struggle between two powerful opposing camps of educational philosophy and practice; "conservatives" represented by teachers' unions and "reformers" who promote changes like merit pay and charter schools. Conservative writer David Brooks offers a good article about the choices he will have to make. Unlike Canada, the U.S. Federal government has considerable influence upon education. However, since during times of national stress many eyes turn toward the education system, Ontario may well find itself facing a similar dichotomy of opinion.