Jeb Bush, with cash and clout, pushes contentious school reforms

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/27/us-usa-education-bush-foundation-idUSBRE8AQ07I20121127

(Reuters) - Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush soared to rock star status in the education world on the strength of a chart.

A simple graph, it tracked fourth-grade reading scores. In 1998, when Bush was elected governor, Florida kids scored far below the national average. By the end of his second term, in 2007, they were far ahead, with especially impressive gains for low-income and minority students.

Those results earned Bush bipartisan acclaim. As he convenes a star-studded policy summit this week in Washington, he is widely regarded as one of the most influential education reformers in the U.S. Elements of his agenda have been adopted in 36 states, from Maine to Mississippi, North Carolina to New Mexico.

Many of his admirers cite Bush's success in Florida as reason enough to get behind him.

[DollarBillHines]

1. Yeah, just as his pencil-dicked brother did with that asshat from Houston

Remember that guy?

I forget his name but pencil-dick made him SecEd.

Turned out the HISD books were cooked and the dude sorta slunk away.

on edit, this guy:

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0223-08.htm

[ananda]

2. Rod Paige

ick

[graham4anything]

3. the minutia in the end matters little, it's the headlines that make jeb formadable-

with education and immigration and that he is sane compared to the tea party

sometimes I think Jeb started the tea party just to make him look better years later

Before Obama, the Bush's were the best at the 4-5-6-7-8-9 step ahead chess match

Beware of Jeb.

(btw-it takes a Clinton to beat a Bush, the only time nationally a Bush lost was to a Clinton)

[ProSense]

6. "Beware of Jeb. "

&quot btw-it takes a Clinton to beat a Bush, the only time nationally a Bush lost was to a Clinton) "

[jody]

4. Common Core program will devastate Jeb Bush's proposals. nt

[ProSense]

5. Jeb's lamest hits

Jeb Bush To Obama: Stop Picking On My Brother
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021236542

Jeb Bush: ‘Wrong’ To Suggest Paul Ryan Lied In Acceptance Speech
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021232674

Jeb Bush: I’d Have Been ‘Spanked’ If I Acted Like Obama...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021233245