Bush’s new education act is a bonanza for the D.C. conglomerate.

By Margie Burns

 A very few days after George W. Bush became president,  The Washington Post endorsed one of his signature initiatives: “Moving fast to keep one major campaign commitment, President Bush yesterday offered a package of education reform proposals that aim to give states and school districts more flexibility while increasing accountability for student performance.” Bush, this January 24, 2001, editorial continued, “is also headed in the right direction with his call for annual testing of students in the third through ...   more »