Joel Packer Has All the Answers, the new blog and podcast hybrid from the NEA's Director of Education Policy and Practice, explores the many facets of No Child Left Behind as it goes through the process of reauthorization.
First off, Packer freely admits he does not actually have all the answers, but says the name underscores that the blog is "completely interactive"—featuring regular podcasts on NCLB, with content transcribed for the textually-inclined. One podcast features an interview with Public Education Network president Wendy Puriefoy, who discusses NCLB in the context of the Forum on Education and Democracy's new report Democracy at Risk: The Need for New Federal Policy in Education (PDF).
Packer, in addition to accepting comments on the blog, implores readers and listeners to e-mail suggestions for future topics and questions. Given the footprint of NEA in the education world and the engaging, multimedia format of the blog, Joel Packer Has All the Answers is easy to recommend as an essential read for those following education policy.
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