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First family-elect. (Via Flickr.)

Last night on “60 Minutes,” during her first interview as First Lady-elect, Michelle Obama was asked how she will decide where to send her daughters to school. “We want that to be a personal process,” she said.

Democrats for Education Reform, the lobbying group I profiled last week, is looking at the Obamas’ choice through a political lens. DFER wants the president-elect and his wife to consider sending their daughters to charter schools — and, barring that, to support charter schools, a top DFER issue.

The group is also asking charter school parents to plead with the Obamas, by mailing in a form letter: (more…)