Who does Jeb Bush think he's kidding?
Anybody who follows education policy knows how influential Jeb Bush has been in states well beyond Florida, where, as governor from 1999-2007, he launched school reforms –
Former Florida governor Jeb Bush. (By Sue Ogrocki – AP)
including standardized test-based accountability for students and schools, the expansion of charter schools and vouchers, and a letter-grade (A-F) rating system for schools that has served as a model around the country. Nowhere has the Bush influence been as strong as in Indiana, where the superintendent of public instruction, Tony Bennett, has looked on Bush as his guru.
“Jeb Bush has a big, a big mind and a big heart for education reform,” Bennett said in an interview with StateImpact Florida’s John O’Connor. “I believed in my heart that he had a great blueprint.” The lovefest was mutual; Bush made Bennett the 2012 head of his Chief for Changes group of state education leaders who all support the Bush education reform agenda.
Bennett followed it in Indiana, where, with the help of Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels and
Pennsylvania slapped by U.S. Ed Department over charter schools
Pennsylvania slapped by U.S. Ed Department over charter schools
While Pennsylvania considers adding eight more cyber charter schools to its roster of 16, it is smarting from a rebuke by the U.S. Department of Education, which slapped down its plan to evaluate brick and mortar charters by a method that is easier than for traditional schools. Confused?
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