Remainders: What will GOP victories mean for federal ed policy?

  • Former Denver schools chief Sen. Michael Bennett beat his tea party opponent in CO. (Politics K-12)
  • Arne Duncan said he thinks education is the issue that can unite the two feuding parties. (Politico)
  • But Republicans are likely to try to reduce federal funding for education. (Hechinger Report)
  • Meet John Kline, the Republican soon-to-be  chair of the House Education Committee. (Politics K-12)
  • Small high schools opened under Klein fared best on the city’s progress reports today. (InsideSchools)
  • The schools that did better also tended to have smaller class sizes. (NYC Public School Parents)
  • Ron Huberman’s last day as Chicago Public Schools chief will be November 29. (Chicago Public Radio)
  • GOOD is looking to crowd-source answers to the question of how to identify “good teaching.”
  • The Supreme Court is looking at whether tax credits can go to religious school tuition. (NYTimes)