Providing a World-Class Education 'A Moral Obligation,' Obama Tells Crowd

This from Ed Week, Photo by Robyn Beck/AFT/Getty Images:

Barack Obama’s promise to “meet our moral obligation to provide a world-class education” sets an ambitious goal that members of the Democratic Party can’t agree how to reach.

“America, we cannot turn back,” the Illinois senator said near the conclusion of his Aug. 28 speech at Invesco Field, a football stadium packed with more than 70,000 people waving flags and raising signs saying “Change.” “Not with so much work to be done. Not with so many children to educate.” In his speech accepting the Democratic presidential nomination, Sen. Obama mentioned the broad points of his platform to address the educational needs from preschoolers to college students...