Edubloggers, including none other than Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, are having quite the back-and-forth on the issue of whether the list of Race to the Top judges should be kept a secret:
Quick Reacap: Michele brought up the question last week.
Then AEI's resident edu-smartypants Rick Hess gave his take. Duncan didn't respond directly, but addressed the issue here.
Hess shot back, reminding the Education Department what happened when allegations of conflict of interest were raised about Reading First. And Eduwonk engaged in a lively debate... with himself. Hess explained here why one of the debating Eduwonks is wrong and also Bill Clintonesque.
And the Fordham Institute's Mike Petrilli argued that Duncan could be playing with political dynamite, in a post featuring a guest quote from Hypothetical Rahm Emanuel, who doesn't make appearances in edublogs nearly often enough.