Take Action: One Last Push for Darling-Hammond in DoE

by Clay Burell · 2009-02-05 05:04:00 UTC
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linda darling-hammondThe New Republic quotes an Obama staffer as saying "an announcement about senior [DoE] staff could come any day now."

It also reports that progressive educator Linda Darling-Hammond - that's real educator, not policy wonk or non-profit worker - may indeed have a place in the Obama administration:

Remember the controversy over Linda Darling-Hammond, Obama's campaign and transition adviser on education? Well, she's back. Rumor has it that Darling-Hammond might be getting the deputy secretary position at the Department of Education, which, as this graph shows, wields great power. "That's the person that really runs the agency," one education expert and reformer told me....

Calls to several education policy experts confirmed that word is circulating in the community that she might be tapped as second-in-command under Arne Duncan. "She's made the rounds talking to people, doing the kinds of things you do if you're expecting to stay in Washington," said Mike Petrilli of the Fordham Institute, a conservative education think tank in D.C. He noted that, if she's not about to get the deputy gig, she could be getting another department position, perhaps one focusing on teacher quality.

"Any day now": you never know what effects a simple, well-timed, and voluminous petition might have. If you want Darling-Hammond in the DoE, take a few secs to sign the petition here.

Clay Burell
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