For background, previous stories, and Web links, see our Issues Page on School Choice and Vouchers . Mass. School is out on the Harvard University campus, and the atmosphere in Paul E. Peterson's book-lined office is calm, even serene.
Footsteps echo in the corridor.
Small groups of visitors saunter across the lawn outside. But the eye of a hurricane is supposed to be calm. Married to Carol Peterson. Three children, ages 24 to 27. And if any scholar is at the center of a political storm these days, it is this political science professor with the dry Minnesota wit.