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http://www.politico.com/story/2014/11/jeb-bush-troops-education-reform-113060.html?hp=l4_4
11/20/14
Jeb Bush: Debate on Common Core 'troubling'

Potential 2016 presidential candidate Jeb Bush stood before a packed hall Thursday morning and rallied his education troops, encouraging the crowd to keep fighting the “government-run, unionized and politicized monopolies who trap good teachers, administrators and struggling students in a system nobody can escape.”

Addressing a national summit hosted by his group, the Foundation for Excellence in Education, Bush stuck to education in his keynote address. But his speech drew national media attention, reflective of a country hanging on his every word, eager to grasp onto any shred of his political ambitions.

He once again defended the Common Core, which has become a rallying cry for conservatives who see the standards as federal overreach into state education, and could prove a liability if he runs for president. And he touched on the increasingly controversial topic of testing, as school boards and districts across the country revolt against federally mandated exams.

But Bush delivered a talk that was typical of his foundation’s work. School choice, flexibility for states, higher standards, digital learning — that’s what America needs, he said, not more bureaucracy and stronger unions.

“Education should be a national priority, not turned into a federal program,” he said. “Most of the time, it will require a political fight. Monopolies don’t go quietly into the night.”

The federal government has to stop tying every dollar to rules written in Washington, Bush said. And more federal programs, like Title I and early childhood education programs, should be turned into block grants that states can deploy as needed, including vouchers.

Bush stressed that a “full and competitive marketplace of school options” is part of the remedy for an ailing American education system. His group is a strong supporter of school choice. And as Florida’s former governor, Bush signed into law the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program, which current Republican Gov. Rick Scott is working to expand while fighting lawsuits filed by teachers unions and school boards.

Bush touched briefly on the Common Core, calling the debate “troubling.” He defended the standards in math and English language arts, which were developed by state education chiefs and governors across the country. He said Common Core needs to be the minimum standard for excellence and rigor. If states are looking to adopt something else, then they need to “aim even higher,” he said.

“This morning, over 213 million Chinese students went to school, and no one debated whether academic standards should be lowered to protect their students’ self-esteem,” he said.

But that’s happening right here in the U.S., Bush said. For example, Orange County School Board members in Florida have made it so students can’t score lower than a 50 when it comes to quarterly or end-of-semester grades, he said.

“You get 50 out of 100 just for showing up and signing your name,” he said. “This was done, and I quote here from a local official, so the students ‘do not lose all hope.’”

This is why other countries are outpacing the United States, he stressed.

Bush also joked, “There’s a lively debate about testing. I don’t know if you’ve noticed it.”

Testing is important to measure students in order to get them the resources they need, “but we should have fewer and better tests,” he said. “We should be willing to experiment.”

Bush joked that his position on testing is probably controversial, but the appetite for reducing unnecessary tests is growing. The Council of Chief State School Officers and the Council of the Great City Schools recently announced an effort — with backing from the White House — to reduce unnecessary and redundant testing while improving the quality of existing tests.

He didn’t address whether federally mandated annual testing should be abolished — an idea that’s gaining momentum but doesn’t have the support of the Obama administration.

Education reformers, who are increasingly fighting more among themselves, must come together and continue the fight, Bush said.
“Our movement has become strong, but our work is only beginning,” he said. “There are millions of kids waiting for us, stuck in failing schools and deserving so much more. Armies of teachers who know we can be better than this.”

“What is endangered here is not just public education but the core idea that defines America,” Bush said. “What my friend Paul Ryan calls the ‘right to rise.’”

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