SOME GOOD NEWS THAT I DIDN’T PAY ENOUGH ATTENTION TO OVER THE HOLIDAYS: Sen. Lamar Alexander and thinking – and accomplishing – the educationally unthinkable in Washington. “The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) largely replaces No Child Left Behind, passed during administration of President George W. Bush. Through ESSA, approved overwhelmingly in Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama, Washington has released a great deal of its clammy grip on American education, and Alexander was the driver of this bi-partisan bus for schools.”

Now if Lamar would do the same thing for what the Education Department has done to Title IX.