Morning Bell: State Superintendent Race, Asian Culture Center, Federal K-12 Policy

State Superintendent: What will happen Tuesday? – “But what do Hoosiers really think of what Bennett has done? Has this state, which was a school reform laggard before he took office, embraced his approach? Or has it made them uneasy?” Get On The Bus

Is Superintendent Tony Bennett’s Re-Election in Jeopardy? – “Undecided voters typically break by about a 2/3 margin for the challenger in a race in a race involving an incumbent.” (Check out our reporting on the Howey/DePauw poll here and here.) Ogden On Politics

Time now for Asian culture center, Purdue students say – “Time has arrived for an Asian cultural center at Purdue University. That’s what a growing number of students are demanding on the West Lafayette campus as domestic and international Asians near a quarter of total enrollment, and Purdue boasts the second-largest international student population among U.S. public universities.” Lafayette Journal and Courier

Obama the Education Spending Hawk – “Obama has repeatedly touted his K-12 investments; he’s called for hiring 100,000 new teachers and has run ads championing smaller class size. It’d be a little off-message to brag that he’s grown on-budget edu-spending at the slowest rate in two decades.” Education Next

The history of unrequited love: U.S. presidents and K-12 education – “Many ed reformers have bemoaned that education has barely appeared on the radar screen of this year’s presidential race. Usually our community accepts this fact with a shrug, acceding that, of course, in 2012 the economy and jobs should be at the forefront.” Flypaper