Sponsors tell story of Jeb Bush ed convention

12-02-2010

Blog by Valerie Strauss/Washington Post

If you have any doubt about the direction of where school reform is headed in this country, look at the sponsors of former Florida governor Jeb Bush’s two-day education conference in Washington, D.C. The conference, which ended today, was the work of the Foundation for Education Excellence, Bush’s vehicle for staying at the forefront of school reform efforts not only in Florida but across the country (he says he’s not running for president in 2012 but a lot of people don’t quite believe him). Big topics for discussion were charter schools, choice, innovation and technology. Bush drew to the convention state education secretaries, school superintendents and others, mostly people on board with today’s brand of education reform. Education Secretary Arne Duncan gave the keynote speech today; the Republican Bush led a standing ovation for the Democratic Duncan, showing that school reform is, indeed, a bipartisan effort, if not a monolithic one. (more…)

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