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To: combjelly who wrote (130811)	1/26/2001 1:14:32 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1580690

I don't claim to be an expert on Bush's education record but I have read about it in several places. Most of those where articles in magazines that either are not online or I don't have the link to get to the article online. A quick search for a few links resulted in pbs.org ncpa.org salonmag.com I think GW certainly exaggerates the improvement of education in Texas and he probably exaggerates his role in it. (although I don't think it is unfair of him to take credit for positive results from changes that he signed into law even if it was some one else's idea originally) I disagree with some initiatives in Texas (although unlike you I do not disagree with charter schools). The results from the standardized tests show scores from minority students and poor students improving, while students with the best scores did not show improvement, in fact their scores might have gone down slightly. There is a certain eliminate of teaching the test, but for those in the worst schools that probably was an improvement because they were probably not even getting that before. But the best students in the best schools might actually be getting a slightly worse education then before. Tim