Election 2024

For those that are worried that Harris will take an anti-Israel position on the war in Gaza, she told some pro-Gaza hecklers at her last rally to STFU. It was a smart move. The pro-Gaza candidates are going to have a hard time winning elections. People really didn’t like those college protests. 

My education writer friends are dancing in the street about Harris’s VP pick. Tim Walz is a former teacher, so there will be lots of education policy fodder coming soon. How did he handle Covid shutdowns? What is the median teacher salary in his state? How are math and reading scores? Good stories on all this will drop next Monday, I’m sure. 

For now, I’m pleased that Walz supported a free breakfast and lunch program in public schools. Free breakfast and lunch at schools is a solid GOOD thing. I taught in the South Bronx. We had to bring in boxes of cereal to feed kids, who hadn’t eaten much all weekend. On Mondays, they were hungry!

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