Campaign 2012: "He's Offering More Than The Republicans"

So the NEA endorsed Obama early after all (WSJ , EdWeek) -- if only after having given its strongest malcontents a Duncan-bashing resolution to chew on (HuffED,  The Answer Sheet, Washington Post).  The vote wasn't even close.  Speaking at the convention in Chicago, Biden called the debate over school reform 'a fight within the family' (HuffED).  Was anyone else creeped out by the invocation of family?  There were some substantive issues discussed: Union Shifts Position on Teacher Evaluations (NYT).  But for many inside the convention and elsewhere the feelings about Obama were decidely mixed.   As Slate's Dave Weigel described the mood at Aspen Ideas Festival the week before, "There's desperation where there used to be hope. No one here still believes Obama can engineer great change. He's what we've got; he's offering more than the Republicans. The most realistic ideas about what can be done politically are predicated on what Washington will be forced to do by crisis." Heading into the second half of 2011, it's increasingly clear that education has had its crisis and all we got out of it was massive job preservation and the flimsy Race To The Top.  Do we deserve any more? Image via.