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Posted on 06/02/2015 3:18:46 PM PDT by jimbo123
Jeb Bush’s correspondence with the Department of Education shows the Florida Republican offered to help Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on the re-authorization of the controversial education law.
In an email from 2009 obtained by BuzzFeed News, Jeb Bush offered assistance to Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on reauthorizing No Child Left Behind – the controversial education legislation signed into law by President George W. Bush.
In the email, the former Florida governor proposes a meeting between Patricia Levesque, at the time the executive director of Bush’s Foundation for Excellence in Education, and a high-level official at the Department of Education.
Among the topics to be discussed: how Levesque could “help” the Obama administration re-authorize No Child Left Behind.
The law, which technically expired in 2007 but has remained on the books, mandates annual statewide testing for every grade and penalizes schools for poor performance. The law is unpopular with both Democrats and Republicans, but in efforts to replace the law, the Obama administration has fought to retain as much of the law’s strong federal role as possible, maintaining elements like mandatory annual testing, federal grant programs, and government oversight of achievement by students, especially minorities.
The issue has pitted Jeb Bush against most of his fellow Republicans, who oppose any federal government role in education. In a March op-ed in The Washington Post, however, Bush wrote in support of a limited role for the federal government in education, instead arguing for the states to take the lead.
The 2009 email is one of several pieces of correspondence between Bush and the Department of Education, obtained by BuzzFeed News by way of the Freedom of Information Act.
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F’ing C-word (all c words)!
‘Bye, bye Jebbie!
The Bushes are crossed off my list.
1. Prematurely Invaded Iraq.
2. Started a new entitlement - Prescription drugs
3. Grew government size and spending
4. Did nothing to curb Dept of Education
5. Did nothing to improve voter fraud
6. Did nothing to build a fence on border
7. Went along with bailing out Wall Street banks
8. Appointed Goldman Sachs executives to run Treasury
9. Appointed helicopter Bernanke as FED Chair..a Blunder!!
But...but Jeb is reaching across the aisle! Bipartisanship! If we don’t elect a moderate, we’ll lose! /EJ Dionne
No child left behind has done more to dumb-down Americans than anything could have conceived of.
I teach my kids to strive to be winners, because the other name for second place is first loser.
Jebbie Bush siding with the Socialists, and their socialist policies, yet again.
When’s Jebbie going to come out...and just admit he’s a Socialist?
I don’t know how but someone please post a picture of a slice of toast!
I think ‘No Child Left Behind’ was W’s baby. Jeb is trying to save the W legacy.
My eyes just about popped outta my head when I read that statement. Jeb is a bigger RINO than John McCain!
Does anybody know where stupid George W was during the 911 attack?
Funny. I think those same people are the ones now posting “Without the Patriot Act (or name du jour), we’re less safe than EVER”
And they rag against us (L)...It’s not too often, or from many, that site/reference the Constitution in the ‘16 race.
He’s Democrat in an R jersey.
The RNC plans to nominate him, regardless of how unpopular he is.
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Exactly... the RNC has absolutely no interest whatsoever in supporting a conservative. They want a Progressive Republican, even if he’s the least popular guy with the public.
The RNC has devolved into the DNC wing of the GOP.
This Florida Freeper will make some noise. Bet on it/
This man never stops proving what an idiot he is. Well-intentioned, but totally clueless.
"No Child Left Behind" was a total failure, which Dubya realized eventually.
George W. also established the web site, "Expect More" (from government) which established that year after year it performed so poorly (compared to the expectations) consistently, that it failed a passing score, less than 50% of expectations, year after year.
This was so embarrassing that Barack Hussein shut the web site down the first month he was in office!
And "Act of Love" Doofus isn't even aware that his brother set up a rating web site that flunked the very program that he is helping Odumbo revive?
Really?
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