Steve Poizner lost the Republican primary to Meg Whitman last night, setting up a general election between Whitman and Jerry Brown. Earlier this spring, This American Life did a segment about Poizner that focused on his attempt to portray a school where he taught government class one semester as tougher and more dysfunctional than it really seems to have been. In the segment, host Ira Glass confronts Poizner about his version of what
Here are some completely speculative but reasonable interpretations of Joanne Weiss's sudden move from RTTT guru to chief of staff for Duncan (
EdWeek): Captain jumping ship from dead-end job (there will be no RTTT round three). First of many shakeups within USDE to come (as second half of Obama administration approaches). Sucks to be Margot Rogers
