Lisa Murkowski voted against de Voss for Secretary of Education, and the vote was so close that the Vice-President had to come to the senate to cast the deciding.  She shows her leanings toward the teachers' union, NEA, in this.  De Voss is for contract schools, home study, and vouchers for private schools.  Comes down to continuing testing standards vs. warm and fuzzy multi-culturasm and automatic advancement through the grades, more money for liberal school programs for the disadvantaged, etc..