Power Couples In Education -- Are There Any?

Power couples crop up not just in the world of pop culture but also in politics, as this Washington Monthly story reminds us: journalists married to campaign staff, judges married to lobbyists, etc.

But are there any power couples in education? Not that I know of. I met Heather Podesta at an education event in DC earlier this year, married to Tony Podesta, brother of John. They're on the WMonthly list. Any others?

UPDATE: Readers share their nominations below. Got any to add?

Comments

[anonymous]

I'd nominate Rodney and Maria Ferguson. You know Rodney -- Maria is exec dir of National School Boards Foundation.

How about Gary Orfield and his wife, Patricia Gandara?

Also, (though they'd never call themselves this) Bruce and Barbara Hunter -- he's a top guy w/ AASA, she does PR for NSBA.

[anonymous]

it's sort of obscure, but what about MSM journalist jonathan chait and education consultant robin?

[Mike Antonucci]

There's Marcella Dianda, senior policy analyst for the NEA, and her husband E. Joseph Schneider, who is managing partner for Leadership Develop­ment Resources, an educational consulting com­pany in Arlington, and who used to be the deputy executive director of the American Association of School Administrators.

[alexander]

someone else wrote in:

One couple might be Lynne and Doug Fuchs at Vanderbilt. Here is a link that descibes them.

http://www.vanderbilt.edu/news/releases/2003/7/31/special_education_professors_lynn_and_doug_fuchs_to_hold_new_endowed_chair_at_vanderbilt_university

[alexander]

another reader reminds us:

wendy kopp (TFA) and richard barth (CEO of KIPP)

nina rees (former USDE) and matt rees (journalist)