August 21, 2012
Thomas Friedman highlighted Governor Bush and his digital learning efforts in a recent New York Times opinion piece. Friedman feels that America desperately needs a stronger and more credible conservative voice. When it comes to education, Friedman finds Governor Bush to be the perfect man for the job.
“Imagine if G.O.P. education policy was set by former Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida, without having to cater to radicals, who call for eliminating the Department of Education and view common core standards as some kind of communist conspiracy. Mr. Bush has argued that a conservative approach to education for 21st-century jobs would embrace more effective teacher evaluation and common core standards, but add a bigger element of choice in the form of charter schools and vouchers, the removal of union rules that limit new technology — and combine it all with greater autonomy and accountability for individual principals. When parents can choose and school leaders can innovate, good things happen.”