Last year, more than 11,000 schools participated. Bennett chairs the firm K12, based in McLean, Va., which will provide online teaching and testing to students in kindergarten through grade 12. Its market is the home-school universe, charter and private schools in need of additional educational materials, and even public schools seeking to broaden their offerings. In announcing his nomination of Paige Dec. 29, Bush called him a reformer with a record of results. Bush expected to push for more accountability Having promised to make school reform a top priority of his Administration, President-elect George W. Bush is finding his legislative agenda on education the target of intense scrutiny and speculation.
Detailed proposals have yet to be announced.
But that hasn't stopped political pundits from debating the pros and cons of what might appear in the legislative package that Bush is expected to introduce to Congress soon after his inauguration. During the recent presidential campaign, Bush announced he would pursue several education goals. Among them were initiatives to close the achievement gap between disadvantaged students and their peers, raise academic standards and accountability, strengthen early learning, promote school safety, and expand voucher and charter school programs. Historic 'heritage schools' enhance communities By Del Stover Historic neighborhood schools are being abandoned, torn down, or replaced at an alarming rate. Too many minority children are still being assigned to special education programs, despite recent efforts to tackle this long-recognized problem.