Scant talk of schools in three debates
Brown and Whitman spar over CTABy
So what did California voters learn about the candidates’ views on education from three gubernatorial debates?
Certainly not enough to base a vote on; the subject barely came up in questioning. And the answers were all but ignored in news stories. (Reporting on the state of California’s schools is not as sexy as talking about “whores.” And Jerry Brown’s apology for an aide’s tactless remark is the pivotal issue for an electorate facing 12 percent unemployment, another budget deficit and struggling schools, isn’t it?)
But Tom Brokaw’s question to Brown in Tuesday night’s debate about the role of the California Teachers Association in education and Meg Whitman’s follow-up did at least evoke
