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Jeb Bush Back to Pushing Failed Education Agenda

June 14, 2016 By Jane Robbins

Jane Robbins: Jeb Bush is back in his natural environment of education foundations pushing the agendas of wealthy donors.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: ACT, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, college readiness, Common Core State Standards, Foundation for Excellence in Education, Jeb Bush, Outcome Based Education

Wall Street Journal to Bush: Just Change Common Core’s Name

December 18, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

As follow-up to my article on Jeb Bush yesterday I wanted to highlight Susan Berry’s piece at Breitbart News.  She focused on the Wall Street Journal’s editorial (pay wall) on Jeb Bush’s announcement he was going to “seriously explore” running for President.  She wrote: The Wall Street Journal editorial board took a turn at Jonathan Gruber’s strategy […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, Foundation for Excellence in Education, Jeb Bush, NewsCorp, Susan Berry, Wall Street Journal

Jeb Bush Will Go Down Swinging on Common Core

November 21, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush defended the Common Core State Standards in his keynote speech at the Foundation for Educational Excellence’s National Summit on Education Reform yesterday.  He’s the only prospective Republican presidential candidate to do so.  He are a few things he said about Common Core. This is why the debate over the Common […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Common Core State Standards, Foundation for Excellence in Education, Jeb Bush, Pioneer Institute

Look What Jeb Bush Doesn't Mention in Fundraising Letter

October 23, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush sent a fundraising letter out for the 501(c)4 organization he launched last year – Excellence in Education National (the Foundation for Excellence in Education is a 501(c)3 he started). Reading through this five page letter I find an education policy topic strangely missing.  I’m sure you can guess what it […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: 2016 Presidential Race, Common Core State Standards, Excellence in Education National, Foundation for Excellence in Education, Jeb Bush

Corporate Money Distorting Democracy in Education Policy

January 31, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

An interesting report from In the Public Interest. Emails between the Foundation for Excellence in Education (FEE), founded and chaired by former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, and state education officials show that the foundation is writing state education laws and regulations in ways that could benefit its corporate funders. The emails, obtained through public records […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Chiefs for Change, corporate interests, financial gain from Common Core, Foundation for Excellence in Education, In the Public Interest, Jeb Bush

Arne Duncan’s Second Term Agenda Unfolds

November 29, 2012 By Shane Vander Hart

And he’s doubling down on the Common Core State Standards, as well as common assessments and teacher assessments.  In his speech to Jeb Bush’s Foundation for Excellence in Education Summit EdWeek reports: In remarks at the two-day forum in Washington of the Foundation for Excellence in Education, run by former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Duncan […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards Tagged With: Arne Duncan, Common Core State Standards, Foundation for Excellence in Education, Jeb Bush

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