Bush working on his rehabilitation: Forms school deform institute to train principals

[Hannah Bell]

DALLAS — The first initiative of the George W. Bush Institute will focus on improving the performance of school principals, former first lady Laura Bush announced Wednesday.

"We know the teachers have a direct and enormous impact on student performance and school principals shape the environment in which teachers are able to operate successfully," Bush told a group assembled at a Dallas high school for the announcement.

The institute's Alliance to Reform Education Leadership, or AREL, will consist of school districts, universities and foundations offering educational programs to current and future school leaders, Bush said.

"A well-trained, energetic teacher can be stifled under lackluster or discouraging administrators," said Bush, a former school teacher.

The Bush Institute hopes to certify at least half the nation's public school principals by 2020.

http://perdidostreetschool.blogspot.com/2010/09/george-w-bush-institute-to-train.html


School deform is a bi-partisan effort.

[Turbineguy]

1. Bush doing something for society.

That just seems so wrong somehow.

[Hannah Bell]

4. He's doing something for his base.

[DrDan]

11. no way - just trying to get more of that bogus bush-family software

into the schools and more money in their blood-stained pockets

[Hannah Bell]

12. well, neil's part of his base -- the s&l profiteer, you remember...

[mediaman007]

2. I think that they are on to something!

Good administrators are the key to making the system run.

If they can keep W* from gumming up the works, they have a chance to be successful.

[Hannah Bell]

3. None so blind as the willfully blind.

[DireStrike]

5. Two of these I've seen in your posts, Hannah. I think they follow you around.

Prolly cuz of your avatar.

[proud2BlibKansan]

10. A Hannah fan club!!

:woohoo:

[DrDan]

13. trying to instill more RWers into school leadership roles

[Hannah Bell]

18. exactly.

[proud2BlibKansan]

6. Projectile vomit alert

[Hannah Bell]

7. Tells us something, though. Bush's first initiative after retirement = school deform.

The public face of his transition to elder statesman.

projectile vomiting here, too.

[proud2BlibKansan]

8. Don't you mean elder dipshit?

[Kolesar]

9. Not counting "basket weaving" as his "first initiative"?

Another trip through detox and retuning his antipsychotic meds??

[Lint Head]

14. So. Does that mean principals will now start torturing students?

Water boarding will be the new paddling. Bush is a damn war criminal and should not be treated as an average person trying to do good.

[hobbit709]

15. Used to be that principal was the main TEACHER who took on administrative duties.

Now it's some clown with a degree in Education ADMINISTRATION that most likely has never taught a class in their life.

[Turbineguy]

17. In my Elementary School

the Sixth Grade Teacher was also the Principal.

I had a few discussions with him........

[AC_Mem]

16. Is this institute in Texas?

Will they reinforce revisionist history to the Principals to take out to the rest of the country???

Seems to me that Texas would be the LAST place I would want my kid's Principal to have their training.