Bwog's Teachers College tipster has forwarded us an email saying that on October 21st Obama and McCain's education advisors will debate over "Education and the Next President" at Teachers College and will be moderated by TC President Susan Fuhrman.

Don't expect any heartbreaking lotteries this time: only TC faculty, students and staff are allowed. But Bwog is hopeful that there will be alternative viewing arrangements for the rest of us. Stay tuned, we will update as more information comes in. Until then, the full email is after the jump.

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To the TC Community:

On Tuesday evening, October 21st, at 7 pm, in the Cowin Conference
Center, Teachers College will host "Education and the Next President," a
debate between Lisa Graham Keegan, education advisor to Senator John
McCain, and Linda Darling-Hammond, education advisor to Senator Barack
Obama. TC President Susan Fuhrman will moderate.

Online registration for seating in the Cowin Center will begin Tuesday,
October 7th, at 10 a.m. To register at that time for your FREE seat (one
per registrant), click on www.tc.edu/edadvisorsdebate.
<http://www.tc.edu/edadvisorsdebate.> (A reminder note with that link
will be sent to you at 9 a.m. on the morning of the 7th.) The link will
go live at that time. By clicking on the link, you will be taken to a
special registration site. Because a limited number of seats are
available, seats will be reserved, online, on a first-come, first-served
basis.

To register, you must be a currently registered TC student, a TC staff
member or a member of the TC faculty.

VERY IMPORTANT: If a seat is reserved for you, you will receive
confirmation ONLY at your Columbia email (i.e., the email address that
combines your initials with a number and ends in "columbia.edu") rather
than at your TC exchange or personal email.

ALSO VERY IMPORTANT: You will be asked to present the confirmation
notice at the box office for entry on the evening of the debate. No
exceptions will be made.

Additional seating to watch the debate via remote as it occurs will be
made available on a first-come, first-serve basis (no ticketing
required) in other locations on campus. In addition, the debate will be
Webcast via both the Teachers College Web site and the Web site for
Education Week/edweek.org (more details to follow).

Joe Levine

Executive Director
External Affairs
Teachers College
Columbia University
212 678-3176
jlevine@tc.columbia.edu