Obama's "champion of education reform" Jeb Bush takes his show to Michigan

[Bluebear]

On Thursday a joint education committee of the Michigan House and Senate heard testimony from former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush regarding his platform for education reform, which he has been touting around the country.

The program that Bush has been advertising to other states and now Michigan has caught the eye of Gov. Rick Snyder and the Republican leaders in the state legislature. Both Bush and Snyder were strongly critical of the current public education system...

Doug Pratt, Communications Director of Michigan Education Association, in an email to the Michigan Messenger said adopting merit pay would be futile in attempting to increase student achievement, saying research shows no correlation between the two.

“Jeb’s ideas are designed to dismantle and privatize our system of public education,” Pratt said.

http://michiganmessenger.com/49958/jeb-bush-pushes-education-reform-in-mi

[Art_from_Ark]

1. Is Jeb! testing the waters

for a dark horse candidacy?

[Bluebear]

2. heaven help us

[amborin]

3. not much daylight, i'm afraid

[Bluebear]

6. +

[libodem]

4. mind bending

And soul crushing.

[Rex]

5. Everyone in this country knows NCLB is a huge failure and popular joke

on the TVEE and in the movies. Sad that our rulers still don't give enough of a fuck to actually do something good for education. They don't give a care in the world about children or their future.