The President spent a large chunk of today's speech trying to educate people on those four "assurances" in the stimulus law, which are clearly becoming the education reform vision of his administration.

The U.S. Department of Education has taken its Elementary and Secondary Education Act reauthorization tour all the way across the street: to the National Museum of the American Indian, literally across Independence Avenue from department headquarters...

TABOR loses in Maine and Washington state, Ohio clears the way for casinos that could boost school revenue, and Mainers scrap a same-sex-marriage law that some said could affect the curriculum.

Mayors re-elected in New York City and Boston, while the governorships turn over in New Jersey and Virginia.

Race to the Top will be a key focus of tomorrow's speech, which will highlight Wisconsin's upcoming legislative vote to remove the "firewall" between student data and teacher evaluations.