Rod Paige as secretary of education. With the help of a reform-minded board of which he was once a member, Dr. Paige has put together coalitions of teachers, administrators, parents, taxpayers and business leaders to make Houston ISD a model for urban school reform. He understands that true education reform has to happen at the local and, even campus, level. Under Dr. Paige s leadership, then Gov. Bush s mantra that all children can learn and must read on or above grade level is becoming reality. He will insist that the federal department focus on results, not process.
Texas loss is a great gain for America s schoolchildren.