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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TigerPaw who wrote (31930)	8/24/2000 11:04:56 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Governor Bush worked with the Texas Legislature to enact bipartisan reforms to raise standards and demand results: Set Clear Goals by cutting the number of state education goals from 48 to four: excellence in English, math, science, and history. Toughened Accountability and Ended Social Promotion. Every child is tested every year; schools are held strictly accountable for results; teachers intervene early to correct learning problems, when they’re easiest to fix. Increased Funding for public schools by $8.3 billion. State funding per pupil has increased 37 percent. Increased Teacher Pay by 33 percent, resulting in an average salary increase of $8,232. Launched Early Reading Initiative by appropriating $82 million to establish “reading academies” within Texas schools; established a reading diagnostic to help teachers detect reading problems early; supported intensive teacher training; committed more than $200 million for intensive reading intervention programs – after-school, summer school, or in-school reading instruction. Promoted Early Childhood Education by making the largest investment in early childhood education in Texas history; appropriated $200 million for early education programs for low-income preschoolers, and $17 million to improve reading-readiness and Head Start programs – the first Texas investment ever in Head Start. Restored Local Control: reformed the Texas Education Code for the first time in 50 years and slashed the number of state education rules in half. Gave Parents Choices by providing grants for students in poor-performing schools to transfer to another district; authorized creation of charter schools (now numbering 168), and schools for “at-risk” youth. Supported School Construction by allocating almost $1.7 billion to help local school districts build more than $5 billion worth of new classrooms. georgewbush.com

To: TigerPaw who wrote (31930)	8/24/2000 11:07:47 AM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 769667

Of course, that is from the Bush website, but since you gave me a puff piece for the union point of view, I am comfortable using it.......

To: TigerPaw who wrote (31930)	8/24/2000 11:31:38 AM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

Tiger, there's a good reason George W Bush sent his children to the public school system in Texas. And there's a good reason Al Gore, Bill Clinton and Jesse Jackson sent their kids to exclusive private schools instead of government schools. One person truly cares about improving the public school system. And the others want to talk about feelings and how much they care when they don't give a rats ass. Real leadership isn't about pointing over the hill and saying "go get them men" while you run in the other direction. Real leadership is about pointing the way and saying "follow me". In regards to public education, Bush has shown leadership while Gore/Clinton and most Democrats have shown cowardly obfuscation. It's criminal the way Democrats are willing to sacrifice children in order to appease and defend their special interest PAC dollars. They've sold their soul for power. Sold their conscience in order to get elected and re-elected. Sold America's poorest of poor children to the highest bidder. Preventing parental choice in education and keeping children from becoming the best they can be is the worst of Democratic party crimes. This year poor children could be attending decent private schools! This year they could be starting to change their lives! This year they could be starting the process of education they have been denied by the government education process. This year! The only thing standing in their way is Al Gore, his fellow Democrats and the NEA. It's truly criminal. Michael