Children are political soft targets. Everyone would like to hand the future of their children to a school system that churns out A+ students, but, that isn't realistic, now is it?
The fact of the matter is there is a lot wrong in the USA that impact children, including their school work, but teachers and teacher unions are not the problem, just a convenient scapegoat.
I really don't believe Jeb Bush has ever had anything to offer to children, certainly no solutions for their learning. The only thing he ever offered was a public 4 year old kindergarten which was a break for working parents. Other than that his theoretical educational reforms have become nothing but finger pointing and blame. Let's face it, when a politician hangs his hat on education and gets no real results, someone other than himself is to blame after all.
I have to laugh, when he started his 4 year old kindergarten he stated the learning curve for children is optimal long before the age of 5. Yet. He regards Headstart as menace rather than an opportunity to start a child's education young. If the idea doesn't come out of the Republican Play Book with the word "Privatization" written all over it then it is a bogus idea.
...“We need (click here) to have a teacher evaluation system that is based on teachers being professionals, not part of some collective trade union bargaining process,” said Bush, chairman of the Foundation....
None of the Florida teacher evaluation changes have proven to be fair. As a matter of fact a Florida judge has found them unethical and written and implemented outside the law. Bush has nothing to offer for 2016 except ideology. There is nothing here to debate. Children don't learn in a bubble.
