The U.S. secretary of education always has a big bully pulpit. President Barack Obama's brand new secretary of education, Chicago's Arne Duncan, has a big bully pulpit plus a huge pile of stimulus money - one hundred billion dollars - to shake up American education.
I have taught for ten years in the middle school setting and recently moved to a high school position. I have a CFF equipped classroom, and am actively learning how to employ web 2.0 tools in education.