Former Governor Jeb Bush likes Obama’s education reforms
October 12th, 2009 - 4:11 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Oct 12 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Former Florida governor Jeb Bush has heaped oodles of praise and appreciation for Barack Obama’s education reforms.
Barack Obama is gunning for a longer school year, while teachers’ unions on the other hand have proposed shorter school weeks to prevent layoffs. “I am very, very encouraged, and excited that the president has taken on a core constituency of his party, which is the teachers union,” Bush said on MSNBC’s Morning Joe.
Bush said that the administration had shown support for greater accountability, data-driven decision-making, more charter schools and improvements in teacher effectiveness and efficiency too.
”The Obama administration, to their credit seem, to be very supportive of these things,” Bush said. “I have to admit I’m pleasantly surprised.”
“The fact of the matter is, the guy is on the right track, and his (Education) Secretary is as well,” said Bush. “I think he sincerely believes that the system has let down an entire generation of students, particularly students of lower income, and he’s passionate about it and the policies reflect a way to improve them.”
Jeb Bush told ABC News that the Democrat who succeeded his brother in the White House has broken from the teachers’ unions and should be applauded by conservatives for his radical thinking on the education reforms.
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