What Jeb Bush doesn’t like to admit
There is a big hole in the story Jeb Bush tells when he talks about school reforms he implemented in Florida during the eight years he was governor.
It matters because, as my colleague Nick Anderson wrote in this Post story, Bush has become something of a guru to a number of governors across the country who see his program as a model for reforming their own state’s education system.
Under Bush, who took office in 1999, Florida saw gains in standardized test scores and in closing the achievement gap. His influence did not