Update: It's Not A Hearing -- It's A Roundtable

No one's ever been particularly clear of what Tuesday's #ESEA hearing was going to be all about, considering that the bill has already passed the committee.  Basically it was a way to buy off Senator Paul, who as you may recall blocked the markup during the early part of the process.  And now it turns out that it's not even a real hearing with written testimony and all of that, but rather what the committee is calling a round table discussion.  Will Senators asks questions, or participate?  Will the sort of random assortment of witnesses all sit around a table at the same time, or be divided in some way.  What happens if Hess gets overexcited and tries to filibuster -- or worse?  (Luckily he doesn't know about the five-second delay.)  No word if Charlie Rose is going to host.