Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
John Ellis "Jeb" Bushis an American businessman and politician who served as the 43rd Governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth11 February 1953
CityMidland, TX
CountryUnited States of America
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We had rising student achievement across the board because high standards, robust accountability, ending social promotion in third grade, real school choice across the board, challenging the teachers union and beating them is the way to go.
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I don't think any option should be taken off the table. School choice is as American as apple pie, in my opinion. . . . The world is made richer and fuller and more vibrant when you have choices.
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I envision presenting parents with a marketplace of school choices - public, private, parochial, charter, virtual, blended, and home education. They then can choose the model that best equips their children for success.
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We need to end the government monopoly in education by transferring power from bureaucracies and unions to families. The era of defining public education as allegiance to centralized school districts must end.
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I'm for higher standards measured in an intellectually honest way, with abundant school choice, ending social promotion. And I know how to do this because as governor of the state of Florida I created the first statewide voucher program in the country, the second statewide voucher program, in the country and the third statewide voucher program in the country.
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The role of the federal government, if any, is to create more school choice.
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There's got to be a point where we fix the system so that legal immigration is easier than illegal immigration and show respect for people, a kid who might have been here for 10 years, that might be a valedictorian of their high school to say, no, no, no you're not allowed to go to college. I just think there's a point past which we are over the line.
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Public education must be viewed from the lens of providing each child with the learning environment that best meets his or her needs. If we can send a low-income child to a parochial school, knowing that his odds of attending college will increase as a result, then that should be our mission.
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The implementation of this needs to be done in a way that protects children but also doesn't create a huge burden that ultimately is going to be passed on to school districts, ... We all have a duty to make sure this works.
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We, in all likelihood, are going to have significant shortages of gasoline, ... I would urge people to recognize this - not to hoard, not to top off every tank that they have. We have a plan in place to bring supplies back to our state.
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I've raised the bar probably maybe too high, ... We did not meet those expectations and I accept responsibility for that. Today's going to be better. Tomorrow's going to be better than today.
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I've raised the bar probably, maybe, too high, I don't know, ... We're going to find out.
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The state is going to get hit, ... We're going to have a significant amount of rain and lots of wind. This is serious. This is a very dangerous storm.
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I've been so blessed to be part of a family that has dedicated its life to public service.