Are Romney and Obama's Education Platforms Really So Similar?

In today's post at WHYY's Newsworks, I look at the oft-cited similarities between the education agendas of Gov. Romney and Pres. Obama and compare that to the official GOP and DNC platforms. Think they're all of a sameness? Not really.

The Democratic National Committee got its primetime spin this week as President Obama and other luminaries made a pitch for a second term, a week after the GOP's turn in the sun. This presidential campaign has offered the equivalent of a starvation diet for education mavens, with little or no attention devoted to prime issues of accountability, school choice, and America's daunting internal and external student achievement gaps.

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