In the presidential debates and in recent interviews, it’s clear that Mitt Romney realizes something that President Obama can’t seem to fathom: the federal government is not the nation’s school board. In the recent third presidential debate, President Obama alluded to his support for national Common Core education standards that will replace individual state standards.  [...]

In stereotypical Sacramento backroom fashion, Governor Jerry Brown and the California Federation of Teachers (CFT) cut a deal on a November initiative to raise taxes. The governor claims that the tax hikes are necessary to close a $9 billion deficit and put a patch on the state education budget.  What he and his union allies [...]