Better yet, the story was covered on NBC's Nightly News, where it was seen by tens of millions of American viewers. In fact, while Texas found the gaps in achievement shrinking between white and non-white students, the national tests showed them actually increasing slightly in some areas. But they said it may be that Texas educators, who are awarded for student achievement, may coach youngsters to do well on state tests. This is the infamous 'teaching to the test' we've heard about from 60 Minutes and elsewhere. Bush, Texas governor since 1995, has cited big increases in state test scores as evidence he has turned around his schools and can upgrade the nation's classrooms.
Firm denies wrongdoing.
A company overseen by Republican vice presidential candidate Dick Cheney until four months ago is under criminal investigation for allegedly defrauding the federal government out of millions of dollars in the closure of the Ft. Ord military base. The employee has been subpoenaed by federal prosecutors to appear before a grand jury on the matter as early as Nov. 2, just days before the election, according to his attorney. More subpoenas are expected. Now, fair is fair here.