It appears Jeb has some good experience in the educational field and should be at the forefront of establishing a common sense plan to rescue our educational system that is seriously flawed.
As the voters are aware of how public education is not working, witness how Charter schools are becoming more main stream in communities around the country, and the spread of Vouchers as well are increasing the abilities of parents to make decision independent of school boards and partisan pressure to maintain the status quo.
It will be interesting to see how this all falls out, especially after Novembers decision making on the part of the voters.
The Jeb Bush K-12 Plan
By John Merrifield
Appropriately on the MLK holiday, Presidential Candidate Jeb Bush announced his vision for Federal Education Policy. If he does not become President (looking unlikely), hopefully he will be our next Secretary of Education. I, personally, have not settled on a candidate, but Jeb would likely be a better “Education President” than either Bush 41 or Bush 43; despite considerable activity on the K-12 Education front by both Bush Administrations. Here is the bottom-line from wannabe Bush 45:
My plan requires a complete overhaul of a system from one that serves bureaucracies to one that serves the needs of families and students and is based on four conservative principles: 1) education decisions should be made as close to the student as possible; 2) choice of all kinds should be expanded; 3) transparency is essential to accountability; and 4) innovation requires flexibility.
Jeb Bush properly takes account of the limited federal role in education, does not increase federal spending on K-12 and supports school choice expansion as much as the limited federal role allows. Former Assistant Secretary of Education Chester Finn stops half a cheer short of a three cheers endorsement, noting, especially, failure to rein in the aggressive, bizarre Office of Civil Rights actions.
My sole complaint would be failure to severely curb spending below the levels achieved by the huge Obama Administration increases. Candidate Bush wisely backs away from his support for the Common Core.
As the voters are aware of how public education is not working, witness how Charter schools are becoming more main stream in communities around the country, and the spread of Vouchers as well are increasing the abilities of parents to make decision independent of school boards and partisan pressure to maintain the status quo.
It will be interesting to see how this all falls out, especially after Novembers decision making on the part of the voters.
The Jeb Bush K-12 Plan
By John Merrifield
Appropriately on the MLK holiday, Presidential Candidate Jeb Bush announced his vision for Federal Education Policy. If he does not become President (looking unlikely), hopefully he will be our next Secretary of Education. I, personally, have not settled on a candidate, but Jeb would likely be a better “Education President” than either Bush 41 or Bush 43; despite considerable activity on the K-12 Education front by both Bush Administrations. Here is the bottom-line from wannabe Bush 45:
My plan requires a complete overhaul of a system from one that serves bureaucracies to one that serves the needs of families and students and is based on four conservative principles: 1) education decisions should be made as close to the student as possible; 2) choice of all kinds should be expanded; 3) transparency is essential to accountability; and 4) innovation requires flexibility.
Jeb Bush properly takes account of the limited federal role in education, does not increase federal spending on K-12 and supports school choice expansion as much as the limited federal role allows. Former Assistant Secretary of Education Chester Finn stops half a cheer short of a three cheers endorsement, noting, especially, failure to rein in the aggressive, bizarre Office of Civil Rights actions.
My sole complaint would be failure to severely curb spending below the levels achieved by the huge Obama Administration increases. Candidate Bush wisely backs away from his support for the Common Core.
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