/george-w-bush George W. Bush en-US 2021 (c) 91ֱ�� Mon, 23 Apr 2018 22:16:19 GMT /policy-politics/a-believer-still-bush-stands-tall-on-nclb-law/2018/04 The law he championed has been replaced, but former President George W. Bush sees reasons to stand up for the No Child Left Behind Act. Mon, 23 Apr 2018 22:16:19 GMT /policy-politics/a-believer-still-bush-stands-tall-on-nclb-law/2018/04 /policy-politics/year-one-presidential-scorecards-on-k-12/2018/01 Here's some highlights of President Donald Trump's impact on education in his first year—and a look at what his five predecessors did. Wed, 17 Jan 2018 10:01:00 GMT /policy-politics/year-one-presidential-scorecards-on-k-12/2018/01 /policy-politics/year-one-check-in-whats-trump-done-on-k-12-compared-to-other-presidents/2018/01 President Donald Trump doesn't seem to have gotten as much accomplished on K-12 as his recent predecessors. Tue, 16 Jan 2018 03:00:08 GMT /policy-politics/year-one-check-in-whats-trump-done-on-k-12-compared-to-other-presidents/2018/01 /policy-politics/trumps-first-100-days-how-does-he-stack-up-to-obama-bush-on-k-12/2017/04 President Donald Trump has made some notable moves on K-12, but his early days look different than those of his two immediate predecessors. Mon, 24 Apr 2017 11:32:44 GMT /policy-politics/trumps-first-100-days-how-does-he-stack-up-to-obama-bush-on-k-12/2017/04 /leadership/george-w-bushs-think-tank-advances-education-policy-agenda/2012/07 The former president has promoted a robust set of policy ideas in the last few years using his Dallas-based think tank, the Bush Institute. Thu, 19 Jul 2012 17:19:27 GMT /leadership/george-w-bushs-think-tank-advances-education-policy-agenda/2012/07 /policy-politics/george-w-bush-institute-examines-nclb-waivers/2012/06 Transitions and turnaround schools in state waiver plans raised eyebrows over at the George W. Bush Institute. Thu, 28 Jun 2012 13:51:13 GMT /policy-politics/george-w-bush-institute-examines-nclb-waivers/2012/06 /leadership/new-bush-institute-initiative-takes-on-middle-schools/2011/02 The George W. Bush Institute has unveiled a new education initiative that focuses on improving middle schools. Wed, 23 Feb 2011 03:50:41 GMT /leadership/new-bush-institute-initiative-takes-on-middle-schools/2011/02 /teaching-learning/bush-institute-tackles-middle-school-learning/2011/02 The institute will select 10-15 schools later this year to participate in the project, dubbed Middle School Matters. Wed, 09 Feb 2011 18:30:32 GMT /teaching-learning/bush-institute-tackles-middle-school-learning/2011/02 /policy-politics/as-bush-spellings-exit-they-put-last-signatures-on-no-child-left-behind/2009/01 Outgoing Secretary Spellings approves more states for flexibility and tells each state where it stands under the federal education law. Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:19:18 GMT /policy-politics/as-bush-spellings-exit-they-put-last-signatures-on-no-child-left-behind/2009/01 /policy-politics/bush-calls-for-resolve-on-nclb-renewal/2009/01 President George W. Bush acknowledged criticism of the law, but called to continue to hold schools accountable for students’ progress. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:03:07 GMT /policy-politics/bush-calls-for-resolve-on-nclb-renewal/2009/01 /policy-politics/bush-impact-on-schools-to-outlive-term/2008/12 NCLB is Bush’s top domestic legacy. The president pressed for the school accountability law from the beginning. Tue, 09 Dec 2008 01:05:33 GMT /policy-politics/bush-impact-on-schools-to-outlive-term/2008/12 /policy-politics/kennedy-faults-bush-justice-dept/2008/10 Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., has published an article criticizing the Department of Justice’s civil rights division, including its oversight of school desegregation cases and other education issues. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:55:26 GMT /policy-politics/kennedy-faults-bush-justice-dept/2008/10 /policy-politics/democrats-aim-to-resist-bush-budget/2008/02 The outcome of this year’s budget showdown could hinge on the November election, not on a compromise between the White House and Capitol Hill. Fri, 08 Feb 2008 03:55:51 GMT /policy-politics/democrats-aim-to-resist-bush-budget/2008/02 /policy-politics/bushs-latest-voucher-idea-may-face-same-fate-as-others/2008/02 The ‘Pell Grant for Kids’ plan is being criticized by lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. Tue, 05 Feb 2008 23:52:51 GMT /policy-politics/bushs-latest-voucher-idea-may-face-same-fate-as-others/2008/02 /policy-politics/bush-budget-proposes-level-funding-of-education-dept/2008/02 The U.S. Department of Education’s overall budget would remain stagnant at $59.2 billion under a fiscal year 2009 proposal released by President Bush that includes a modest boost for Title I grants to school districts. Tue, 05 Feb 2008 03:18:01 GMT /policy-politics/bush-budget-proposes-level-funding-of-education-dept/2008/02 /policy-politics/bush-calls-for-nclb-renewal-pell-grants-for-kids/2008/01 Some said the proposal appeared to be another attempt by the Bush administration to secure federal funding for private school vouchers. Tue, 29 Jan 2008 23:57:10 GMT /policy-politics/bush-calls-for-nclb-renewal-pell-grants-for-kids/2008/01 /policy-politics/bush-presses-nclb-renewal-on-his-terms/2008/01 As the federal law turned 6 years old this month, President Bush suggested he would favor few revisions. Sat, 12 Jan 2008 01:44:13 GMT /policy-politics/bush-presses-nclb-renewal-on-his-terms/2008/01 /policy-politics/jousting-continues-over-budget-increase-for-education/2007/11 President Bush has pledged to veto a measure passed by Congress because it contains more money than he requested for education, health, and labor programs. Mon, 12 Nov 2007 22:14:47 GMT /policy-politics/jousting-continues-over-budget-increase-for-education/2007/11 /policy-politics/bush-says-he-would-veto-nclb-reauthorization-bill-that-lacked-key-elements/2007/10 President Bush said he would veto a reauthorization bill that did not include accountability rules and school choice measures. Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:39:52 GMT /policy-politics/bush-says-he-would-veto-nclb-reauthorization-bill-that-lacked-key-elements/2007/10 /education/opinion-veto-threat-over-nclb-reauthorization/2007/10 It seemed like it was coming, what with Spellings hinting at it last month and all the fun that's been had over the SCHIP veto. And this President has never lacked for confidence, warranted or not. So, yesterday, the President said he'd veto any effort to reauthorize NCLB without maintaining its main provisions (President Bush Discusses The Budget): Tue, 16 Oct 2007 13:57:13 GMT /education/opinion-veto-threat-over-nclb-reauthorization/2007/10 /education/opinion-bushs-no-name-cabinet/2007/10 Slate magazine recently ran this piece about how unknown most of Bush's cabinet are, even compared to other unknown cabinets (A Bush Cabinet quiz). Much of it is due to the fact that, so late into a second term, only the most desperate opportunists are clamoring to join the Administration. The other, according to the article, is that so much of Bush's domestic agenda (such as it is) came from Karl Rove, not the DPC (currently headed by Karl Zinsmeister) or the departments themselves. Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:09:00 GMT /education/opinion-bushs-no-name-cabinet/2007/10 /education/opinion-spellings-spills-to-national-journal/2007/10 There's not much that's really new or interesting in too many education stories these days, but not so in National Journal's Q and A with Secretary Spellings from Friday (Improving on '99.9% Pure' $$). In an interview with reporter Lisa Caruso (pictured), Spellings mocks multiple measures as do-it-yourself school reform, says that more money for NCLB will only come with a new iteration of the law, walks back from earlier statements about preferring current law to the Miller proposal, declines to apologize for the infamous Ivory Soap remark, and explains the origin of her Bush nickname. That's good stuff. The only thing missing from Caruso's piece is an in-depth analysis of what Spellings was wearing. (The black pantsuit? The big broach?) Find a friend who has a subscription. Related post here. Wed, 10 Oct 2007 03:48:06 GMT /education/opinion-spellings-spills-to-national-journal/2007/10 /education/opinion-president-announces-new-nclb-strategery/2007/10 From the White House NCLB event going on right about now: Tue, 09 Oct 2007 18:02:49 GMT /education/opinion-president-announces-new-nclb-strategery/2007/10 /education/opinion-white-house-nclb-event-later-today/2007/10 I don't know who the attendees are yet, but the President and the EdSec are doing a White House event on NCLB today in the Roosevelt Room, followed by a Rose Garden statement by the Prez. Stay tuned. Could be fun. Feel free to email snarky comments or fashion tidbits if you're there. That's what BlackBerrys are for. (thisweekineducation at gmail dot com, or 312-286-9242) Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:14:02 GMT /education/opinion-white-house-nclb-event-later-today/2007/10 /education/opinion-george-w-bush-was-mainstreamed-says-conservative-columnist/2007/10 Everyone hates conservative columnist Ann Coulter right now (she recently joked that perhaps women shouldn't get to vote). But she did write something a little funnier in her new book: "“President George W. Bush is evidently the first mentally retarded person to get a Harvard M.B.A., graduate from the U.S. Air Force Flight School, be elected governor of Texas and then be elected President of the United States twice. I Guess that's what they call 'mainstreaming.'” Yikes. Fri, 05 Oct 2007 12:45:39 GMT /education/opinion-george-w-bush-was-mainstreamed-says-conservative-columnist/2007/10 /education/opinion-will-universal-preschool-get-s-chiped/2007/10 Universal preschool is going to be education campaign issue Number One, says Richard Whitmire (Preschool) based on all the proposals out there. Many would agree with him. But the recent Presidential veto of the S-CHIP shows that it might not be so easy to get something done. President Bush vetoed the S-CHIP on the grounds that it doesn't focus on the poorest kids who already have preschool and creates a major new "entitlement" program. Of course, politics play a part and Bush will not be there in the future, but the struggle shows just how difficult it is to get new programs created even when little kids are involved. Thu, 04 Oct 2007 15:21:04 GMT /education/opinion-will-universal-preschool-get-s-chiped/2007/10 /education/opinion-secstate-rice-visits-harlem-school/2007/10 "The secretary and the veteran Democratic congressman made a bit of an odd couple in the school, also known as the Harriet Tubman School, which is in his district, just steps from his local office...But to hear her explain it, the success of schools is as much a part of national security as, say, negotiations with the Iraqi government." (From Capitol to Halls of the Nation’s Future NYT) Tue, 02 Oct 2007 12:58:08 GMT /education/opinion-secstate-rice-visits-harlem-school/2007/10 /education/opinion-wheres-spellings/2007/10 In China, of course -- not in time to help the women's World Cup team (they lost on Friday to Brazil) but rather to help out with that whole Special Olympics thing. Mon, 01 Oct 2007 18:44:18 GMT /education/opinion-wheres-spellings/2007/10 /policy-politics/bush-pushes-nclb-as-renewal-percolates/2007/09 As lawmakers continued backroom negotiations, President Bush urged them to move the bill along. Fri, 28 Sep 2007 20:25:38 GMT /policy-politics/bush-pushes-nclb-as-renewal-percolates/2007/09 /education/opinion-plural-speech-gaffes-for-bush/2007/09 As if the President's mis-statement ("Childrens learn") yesterday wasn't enough, a draft of President Bush's speech to the U.N. General Assembly was posted online with phonetic spellings and other markings that weren't supposed to be seen by anyone outside the administration (Thanks to Bush, bloggers are hooked on phonics USA Today). Thu, 27 Sep 2007 13:19:22 GMT /education/opinion-plural-speech-gaffes-for-bush/2007/09