Romney Education Adviser and His Dropout Scandal | Mother Jones

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Romney Education Adviser and His Dropout Scandal

—By David Corn

| Tue May. 22, 2012 9:26 AM PDT

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Mitt Romney. Gage Skidmore/Flickr

With President Barack Obama on a tear in recent weeks to keep interest rates on college loans low—an issue that plays well with young voters—Mitt Romney, the presumptive GOP nominee, on Tuesday unveiled his Education Policy Advisory Group. It features at least ten education experts who served during the George W. Bush administration, most notably Rod Paige, who was education secretary during Bush's first term. The short bio of Paige released by the Romney campaign states that he once was superintendent of Houston's schools. But it fails to mention that Paige, once he was in Bush's cabinet, became mired in an ugly scandal, when the news broke that the