The newest issue of Education Next* has just gone online, and one of my favorite articles is this one about the early educational experiences of the presidential candidates. Its author, Peter Meyer, writes,

We might ponder the fact that neither John McCain nor Barack Obama had the experience of attending the public school down the street, standard fare for most Americans. Just how the two candidates’ early schooling informs their assumptions and beliefs about education reform is hard to know, but their stories provide an interesting window through which to view their policy beliefs.

Read those stories here.

*I’m part of its editorial team.