Andrew Wolf on the Mayoral Race 

Anthony Weiner unleashed the heavy hitters last week, getting his mother to endorse his education plan. Fran Weiner was, until her recent retirement, a New York City public school teacher. That is probably why Mr. Weiner's ideas on education seem so focused, compared to those of the other Democratic candidates.

Rather than fall back on the refrain of a need for more funds for the schools, Mr. Weiner focused on specific ways in which current funds could be better spent. He called for the abandonment of what he termed "experimental" curricula, such as "balanced literacy" and constructivist math, and for a moratorium on the creation of the new, small high schools.

Like most substantive discussions, however, the Weiner education plans, unrolled over three days, got very little ink.