Ok, hmmm........so maybe we need to institute an Obama Administration Education "Cool-O-Meter." Seems Education Secretary Arne Duncan recently jumped onstage at DC's crowded and popular 9:30 Club (at a Neko Case concert) to plug the new administration, talk about education and encourage people to go into teaching. You can check it out here, as reported on the Chronicle of Higher Education's news blog:
How did it all come together? Well, The New Republic explains the backstory here.