"Is our children learning?" George W. Bush
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Bush Education Policy
- Some School Districts Challenge Bush's Signature Education Law
Sam Dillon, New York Times, 2 January 2004
- Bush's Plan for Head Start Worries Supporters
Diana Jean Schemo, New York Times, 12 February 2003
- Now, the Pressure Begins for Bush's Reading Expert
Diana Jean Schemo, New York Times, 19 January 2002
- President Bush Plays Scrooge to Our Nation's Schoolchildren
Barbara Miner, St Paul Pioneer Press (in CommonDreams), 23 December 2001
- White House Ignores Preschool as Solution to Improve Education
Rebecca Winters, Time, 3 August 2001
- Bush Wants Unhealthy Cuts for Head Start
editorial, New York Times, 23 July 2001
Real Help for Real Children
- Investing in poor schools key, expert says
Debera Carlton Harrell, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 12 November 2001
- Build children before missiles
DeWayne Wickham, USA Today, 29 May 2001
- Paddling Foes Get Change in Amendment on Liability
Jodi Wilgoren, New York Times, 11 May 2001
- The President who used to care about education
Karen Tumulty, Douglas Waller, and Jodie Morse, Time Magazine, 9 April 2001
Legislation
Funding for Education
- Bush Seeking to Squeeze School Loan Program
Philip Shenon, New York Times, 28 April 2002
- Democrats: Bush's Education Budget Is Less Than Promised
Robert Pear, New York Times, 13 February 2002
- Lawmakers Break an Impasse on Education
Lizette Alvarez, New York Times , 28 November 2001
- Education Bill May Omit Its Provision on Boy Scouts
Edward Wyatt, New York Times, 17 June 2001
- Education on Ice
Gail Collins, New York Times, 18 May 2001
- Democrats Say Bush Exaggerates Increase in Education Spending
Lizette Alvarez, New York Times, 14 April 2001
School Vouchers
- Cleveland Case Poses New Test for Vouchers
Jacques Steinberg, New York Times, 9 February 2002
- Voucher Study Indicates No Steady Gains in Learning
Diana Jean Schemo, New York Times, 9 December 2001
- White House Asks Justices for a Ruling on Vouchers
Linda Greenhouse, New York Times, 8 July 2001
- Senate says 'no' to voucher pilot program
Ian Christopher McCaleb, CNN, 12 June 2001
- Senate Defeats Bill to Fund Vouchers for Private Schools
Lizette Alvarez, New York Times, 12 June 2001
- How tax breaks for tuition masquerade as school reform
editorial, USA Today, 4 June 2001
- House approves education plan without vouchers
USA Today, 23 May 2001
- Findings that support vouchers are flawed
Richard Rothstein, New York Times, 9 May 2001
- Bush pushes for school vouchers
Ian Christopher McCaleb, CNN, 12 April 2001
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