Reply #22: The Bush Family 'Reading First' Scam-- George, Jeb, Neil and Ma Bush

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Study: $6B Reading Program Failed, TIME, May 1, 2008

By AP/NANCY ZUCKERBROD

(WASHINGTON) — A reading program at the center of President Bush's signature education law hasn't added to children's understanding of what they read, a federal study has found.

The federal government has spent about $6 billion on Reading First, which was created as part of the 2002 No Child Left Behind law and brings extra reading instruction, based on recommended practices, into low-income elementary schools.

The report out Thursday from the Institute of Education Sciences, an independent arm of the Education Department, finds no difference in reading comprehension scores among students who participated in Reading First and those who did not.

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It's not the first time backers of the program have been dealt bad news.

Investigations by Congress and Education Department Inspector General John Higgins previously found that federal officials and contractors didn't guard against conflicts of interest in the program. For example, officials that gave states advice on which teaching materials to buy had financial ties to publishers of such materials, according to a congressional report.

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George W. Bush (NCLB) laundered to Jeb's! Florida ----> Neil's *educational software* for sale.....


Jeb!'s Florida was a LARGE beneficiary of Reading First. Isn't that nice.....


The Bush Family 'Reading First' Scam


Barbara Bush Katrina Donation Earmarked For Son Neil's Software Company

Former first lady Barbara Bush donated an undisclosed amount of money to the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund with specific instructions that the money be spent with an educational software company owned by her son Neil.

Since then, the Ignite Learning program has been given to eight area schools that took in substantial numbers of Hurricane Katrina evacuees.

Dubai funds Neil Bush's company



Nice how it all benefits this family, isn't it?