Rep. Obey, a Key Duncan-Dissing Dem, to Retire
So a number of outlets are reporting that Rep. David Obey, D-Wis., the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee and also the subcommittee on education spending, is not going to run for re-election. Obey is expected to make a "major" announcement later today.
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan & Co. are probably greeting the news with (silent) cheers of joy and (discreetly) breaking open the champagne.
Obey has been super skeptical of Duncan's reform agenda almost from the get-go, saying, for instance, that the department is setting cash-strapped school districts up for failure by expecting them to make progress on the four assurances (teacher quality, standards and assessments, data systems, school improvement).
And he was not at all a fan of the department's strategy of funding incentive programs like Race to the Top, saying he'd much rather see the money slated for Title I grants to districts. He also had little love for the Teacher
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan & Co. are probably greeting the news with (silent) cheers of joy and (discreetly) breaking open the champagne.
Obey has been super skeptical of Duncan's reform agenda almost from the get-go, saying, for instance, that the department is setting cash-strapped school districts up for failure by expecting them to make progress on the four assurances (teacher quality, standards and assessments, data systems, school improvement).
And he was not at all a fan of the department's strategy of funding incentive programs like Race to the Top, saying he'd much rather see the money slated for Title I grants to districts. He also had little love for the Teacher
