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Associated PressAugust 29, 2015

Results for some of the states that participated in Common Core-aligned testing for the first time this spring are out, with overall scores higher than expected though still below what many parents may be accustomed to seeing. Full or preliminary scores have been released for Connecticut, Idaho, Missouri, Oregon, Vermont, Washington and West Virginia. They […]

Melissa RossAugust 17, 2015

As former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush continues to take heat over calling Common Core education standards “poisonous,” Duval County’s superintendent is taking a more positive spin about the new state curriculum being unveiled this fall. “We’re going to see another level of instruction at the elementary level, especially when it comes to writing and reading,” Superintendent Nikolai […]

Mitch PerryAugust 3, 2015

There are two issues that could prevent Republican primary voters from embracing a Jeb Bush candidacy when they begin going to the polls next year – his support of the Common Core federal education standards, and his perceived “weakness” on immigration. Hours before Bush will join 13 other GOP presidential candidates in the first debate […]

Dan GelberJune 22, 2015

Jeb Bush earned the moniker of Florida’s “Education Governor” because he made education his primary policy focus while in office and the area he most focused on since. And Jeb Bush was a very busy education governor. He force-fed unprecedented testing into public schools, did all he could to neuter the teaching unions, and apologetically […]

Dan GelberJune 21, 2015

Jeb Bush earned the moniker of Florida’s “Education Governor” because he made education his primary policy focus while in office and the area he most focused on since. And Jeb Bush was a very busy education governor. He force-fed unprecedented testing into public schools, did all he could to neuter the teaching unions, and apologetically […]

Mitch PerryJune 19, 2015

Two hours before Jeb Bush was scheduled to address hundreds of people at the Hillsborough County Republican Lincoln Day dinner in Tampa, fifteen opponents of Common Core education standards stood outside the Pepin Hospitality protesting the former Florida Governor’s appearance. “I’m against anything that nationalizes education,” said Emma Jane Miller, a former private school teacher […]

Associated PressJune 4, 2015

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush will run for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, aides say, and plans to announce that June 15. Here’s where he stands on some of the issues likely to be debated in the campaign. Immigration Bush supports a system that would allow immigrants in the country illegally to stay, if they […]

Mitch PerryMay 14, 2015

Jeb Bush has had his roughest week on the campaign trail, and it’s only Thursday. The former Florida governor has been getting hammered all week by critics for fumbling of a question regarding the Iraq war, prompting New York Times columnist Gail Collins Thursday piece “Wow, Jeb Bush is Awful.” Meanwhile a 19-year-old college student in Reno […]

Mitch PerryApril 17, 2015

Jeb Bush attempted to convince skeptical Republicans in New Hampshire on Friday that he’s not as moderate as he has been depicted because of his stances on immigration and Common Core. “The funny thing is in Florida, those that are on the left that are really upset that people are calling me something I’m not,” […]

Mitch PerryApril 17, 2015

There are a number of Republicans who are “testing the waters” regarding a potential run for the presidency in 2016, and some of them are in New Hampshire this weekend. That would include South Carolina U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. John Bolton, and George Pataki, the former three-term governor of […]

Tag: common core

As Common Core results trickle in, initial goals unfulfilled

Nikolai Vitti: Florida Standards will be “another level of instruction”

Jeb Bush unveils 6-point plan on immigration

Dan Gelber: Beware of Jeb Bush’s education “revolution”

Dan Gelber: Beware of Jeb's education "revolution"

Common Core critics protest Jeb Bush speech in Tampa

Where they stand: Jeb Bush on key topics of 2016 campaign

Will Jeb Bush opt not to compete in Iowa caucus?

Jeb Bush offers forward-looking appeal to GOP leadership summit

George Pataki still is not running for president