Does education have to be a partisan issue — maybe not

Our nation has a two-party adversarial system of government, but do we always need to be adversaries?
In the past, leaders in Washington acted in a bipartisan or nonpartisan way on a number of important issues, chiefly foreign policy and education, however that’s no longer the case.

On Capitol Hill, we’re entering a period of bruising congressional foreign policy battles over Pacific trade, relations with Cuba and an Iranian arms deal. Do we also need to treat school children and education like Whack-a-Mole? Hopefully not, and there is reason to hope.