Editorial bashes Jeb Bush’s education ‘reform’ efforts
Former Florida governor Jeb Bush (R). (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)
Former Florida governor Jeb Bush (R) has made a national name for himself in education reform over the past several years. He pushes states to adopt the corporate-based reforms he implemented in the Sunshine State — including standardized test-based accountability, vouchers and online charter schools — without mentioning that the accountability system he pioneered is in shambles. Recently a nonprofit group released thousands of e-mails showing how his Foundation for Excellence in Education has been working with public officials in states to write education laws that could benefit some of its corporate funders.
Now Bush is talking to Florida legislators about school reform, and some people there don’t like it. Here is an editorial about Bush and his real education record that appeared in the The Palm Beach Post, written by editorial writer Jac Wilder VerSteeg:
Former Gov. Jeb Bush has an undeserved reputation as an education reformer. Florida’s recent education progress has come not from implementing Mr. Bush’s policies but from