Sure, he was flawed, but he got a few big things right.
So writes guest blogger Richard Whitmire* in this phenomenal post that manages to leak Core Knowledge's plan to release a bona fide reading program; calls for a "gut check" for Democrats scrapping the federal Reading First program; and backs up Sol "Marshall Plan" Stern to boot.
*Whitmire also weighs in on the "paternalistic" debate. And guess what: he doesn't like the term either.