Tag Archives: Vouchers

Indiana Republicans are Scaling Back Bennett, Bush Reforms

Posted on April 14, 2013 by

In  story titled Education Facing Reform Fatigue – State Lawmakers are Leery of Passing More Legislation, Fort Wayne Journal Gazette reporter Niki Kelly writes about the efforts of Indiana republican legislators to slow some of the reforms championed by former education … Continue reading →

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Bush’s Education Foundation Contacted Other States’ Employees to Influence Louisiana School Board Races

Posted on February 6, 2013 by

Maine was among the states which In the Public Interests obtained emails in an FOIA request regarding contacts between Bush’s Foundation for Excellence in Education (FEE) staff and numerous state employees. Only 13 emails were acquired, but one cloud included … Continue reading →

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Jeb Bush’s “Shaky Success Record”

Posted on January 28, 2013 by

Jeb Bush’s recent hyperbole is that of a man who knows he’s under fire. Consider this from Metro Pulse reporter Cari Wade Gervin: On Monday, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush came to Nashville for a press event with Gov. Bill Haslam. … Continue reading →

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CEO Patricia Levesque’s Misleading Defense of Jeb Bush’s Foundation for Excellence in Education

Posted on January 11, 2013 by

Within her response to Mississippi parent advocate, Nancy Loome, Foundation for Excellence in Education CEO, Patricia Levesque included this: Loome notes that we take funding from for-profit providers. In fact, more than 90 percent of the Foundation’s budget comes from family … Continue reading →

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Prickly Bush Foundation CEO Responds to Mississippi Parent Advocate

Posted on January 10, 2013 by

Nancy Loome, the executive director of The Parents’ Campaign, sure got underneath Patricia Levesque’s skin. The CEO of Bush’s foundation wrote this in response to Loome’s December 31 editorial in the Jackson Clarion-Ledger: As executive director of The Parents’ Campaign, … Continue reading →

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Claims NAEP or FCAT Scores Validate Florida Formula “Implausible” and “Violates Basic Principles of Policy Analysis”

Posted on January 8, 2013 by

In the December 2012 open hearing where incoming education Tony Bennett was interviewed, board of education chairman Gary Chartrand began the meeting with “good news” about how well Florida 4th graders stacked up against the rest of the world on NAEP. … Continue reading →

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The Next Irresponsible Expansion of Florida’s McKay Scholarship is Here

Posted on January 8, 2013 by

Now it won’t matter that a child wasn’t even a student in Florida the year before to qualify. From the wisdom of Sen. Miguel Diaz de la Portilla (R-Miami) comes SB 172 which provides: John M. McKay Scholarships for Students … Continue reading →

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Rhee, Klein Now Giving Grades Out to States on Education Policy

Posted on January 7, 2013 by

CNN) – It’s hard to watch Robert Griffin III play football and not think about education policy. RG3, as fans call him, is a rookie who has been playing in the National Football League for all of 18 weeks, but … Continue reading →

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Texas Takes Tax Credit Voucher Plan From Jeb Bush’s Foundation

Posted on January 6, 2013 by

From  skeptical Fort Worth Star-Telegram columnist Bob Ray Sanders: Texas Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, while vowing to make the next legislative session “the most conservative session in history,” announced an education plan last month that includes “school choice.” Using a … Continue reading →

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Violence, Abuse Documented at Florida, Pennsylvania For-Profit Schools

Posted on January 6, 2013 by

The school privatization juggernaut – cloaked under a shroud of false benevolence (It’s about students first) – received some indefensible bad press this weekend in two state’s key to their movement. First from Florida in an Alexandra Zayas story in … Continue reading →

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