 He's a responsible, well-spoken adult with a good record in office, a soothing style, bipartisan appeal and ample knowledge of the world beyond our shores. But Jon Huntsman, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, somehow imagines he can overcome those handicaps. | Rewarding the best principals Back in August, Chicago Public Schools CEO Jean-Claude Brizard told us his plan to overhaul the school system started not only in the classroom, but down the hall in the principal's office. That's because principals matter immensely. Good teachers won't work at schools with toxic principals. The best principals, like the best teachers, turbocharge students' achievement — and should be rewarded for it. | | WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING There's something atavistic about our culture's fascination with presidential sons and daughters. Do we consider them a kind of faux royalty, as American princes and princesses? Or do network executives (and book publishers) detect genuine power in the children of presidents that the more discerning miss? Take Chelsea Clinton: If so much of what passes for network news is about celebrity wrangling, would any world leader, corporate chief or movie star dare turn down an invitation from her to appear on NBC lest they offend her parents? Especially seeing that NBC has assigned Clinton to a feel-good news beat, there will be no downside to agreeing to talking to her on camera. As an NBC reporter, she won't be a rainmaker. She'll be a typhoon, flooding the airwaves with one big celebrity "get" after another. The hiring of Chelsea Clinton doesn't so much debase the TV news currency news as reveal its true value. | |  | |
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