No where else to put this and Jeb Bush - while still a Bush - is light years ahead of the batshit crazy crowd which makes up the bulk of the GOP. For that reason, he'll never get through the primary process but it is still nice to see someone actually trying to fix something from that side of the aisle.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/11/jeb-b...d-of-2016/
You don't get the 'murrican exceptionalism' crowd excited by suggesting that the US is not #1 in EVERYTHING. The red, white and blue blinders are on tight with them.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/11/jeb-b...d-of-2016/
Quote:Jeb Bush champions US education reform ahead of 2016
Quote:Bush favors more rigorous standards for US students. He backs the controversial Common Core standards that have set conservatives on edge, and warned of the perils of lowering expectations for US students.
In Florida’s Orange County, he noted, education officials recently decided that in order to protect students’ self-esteem, children who attend class cannot get a grade below 50 out of 100.
“An overriding concern for self esteem instead of high expectations does not get you to number one, it gets you to number 21,” he said, citing a Shanghai report on international schooling standards.
You don't get the 'murrican exceptionalism' crowd excited by suggesting that the US is not #1 in EVERYTHING. The red, white and blue blinders are on tight with them.
