This week in education and politics....

This past week has really been a hot week on the Campaign k-12 blog that I am following. (linked in the previous post) Obviously there has been alot of hype concerning the debate. While I can't say I watched the whole debate I did catch clips of it concerning the educational topics that were covered. (If you didn't catch it you can get the whole transcript here ) On the campaign k-12 it outlines some of these s topics in its post immediately following the debate as well as other posts later on in the week. One specific topic I found repeated posts about was the Ayers Controversy, something I had never heard of before. The Ayers controversy is an assertion that Barak Obama and very radical educational reformer William Ayers are working together to try and reform all schools in a very radical way. (Find out more about the controversy in this detailed blog article) Some very intense internet and radio ads ( such as this one ) that refer to Ayers as a "domestic terrorist" and go very deep into his infamous past have been launched by McCain to try and discredit Obama and his campaign. Most of the conversations in the debate as well as in other interview pertaining to this subject center on the relationship between Ayers and Obama. Obama says that they are just friends who live in the same neighborhood and McCains party suggests that Obama and Ayers have more than just a friendship and are involved in crazy radical reform efforts together all the time. Who is telling the truth? Only time and more blogging can tell!