Last month, Governor Jeb Bush spoke at the Mackinac Policy Conference in northern Michigan. Check out the highlights below to hear his message advocating for thoughtful change, bold accountability and ambitious school choice opportunities.
Watch highlights from Governor Jeb Bush’s address in the session The Education Crisis: Change Is Possible at the Mackinac Policy Conference, or watch the full address (beginning at 15:08).
“In this dynamic world we are living in, the lessons of Florida suggest we need dynamic policies to mirror it,” Bush said.
“You fund your priorities first. You make them the core of what you’re about,” Bush said.
“He added that too many students aren’t reaching their potential because, ‘we don’t have the guts to say some things are working and some things are not.'”
“The attitude should be big and bold or go home and let someone else try,” says the former Florida governor. “If it ruffles a few feathers or gets people uncomfortable, so be it.”
Watch Governor Jeb Bush (beginning at 17:00) share how Florida has improved education for all students.
“The only thing that matters is rising student achievement. We [in Florida] had big learning gains because we changed the system.”
Listen to Governor Jeb Bush’s discuss politics, his family and education.
“God has given every child the ability to learn. They start in life in different ways. They learn at different paces. But we can’t excuse away why they’re not learning. We have to organize ourselves around them so that they do.”
"When you have the chance to raise the bar…do it…when you reach success, raise the bar again." @JebBush #MPC19 https://t.co/6prC1qQk35
— ExcelinEd (@ExcelinEd) May 30, 2019
“Every state ought to be raising the bar rather than punting or pushing back.” @JebBush #MPC19 @ExcelinEd
— Dale Chu (@Dale_Chu) May 30, 2019
