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Monday, July 26, 2010

Eduflack: The Pollsters Respond: More on ESEA as a Voting Issue

Eduflack: The Pollsters Respond: More on ESEA as a Voting Issue

The Pollsters Respond: More on ESEA as a Voting Issue

Earlier this month, Eduflack opined on a survey released by the Alliance for Excellent Education about reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the need for focus on high schools, and the role both topics may play on this November's upcoming congressional elections. While I found the findings interesting, I worried that we were reading a little too much into the numbers, giving the average voter a little too much credit for what they think they know about ESEA and its future direction.

I offered up the counterpoint to the data originally compiled on the Alliance's behalf by Lake Research Partners. The good folks over at Lake Research Partners -- namely Celinda Lake and Chris Matthews -- wanted to set the record straight and ensure that we (and I mean that collectively, dear ol' Eduflack included) don't misconstrue the