W. (I) (2008)

Gabriela Ostos: Texas Reporter #2

Quotes 

• Reporter #2 : How do you plan to change the school finance formula?

  George W. Bush : I for one will not stand for the subsidization of failure. How do you know if you measure up if you have a system that simply

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  George W. Bush : suckles them through.

  Reporter #2 : What about our failed schools? Do you think the state needs to take them over?

  George W. Bush : More government's not the answer. We must have the attitude that every child in America, regardless where raised can learn. Rarely is the question asked is their children learning.

• Karl Rove : Here they come they'll be bringing the heat.

  George W. Bush : I know, don't swing at anything I can't hit.

  Reporter #1 : Mr. Bush, Mr. Bush, you didn't talk much about education. What are your plans for reform?

  George W. Bush : Well, uh, I'm gonna deregulate school districts so that teachers and administrators can, you know, can develop programs to best fit their kids

  Reporter #2 : Sir, are you proposing to measure student's progress?

  George W. Bush : Oh, well, we need to make a wholesale effort against racial profiling, you know? Which is, uh, illiterate children. You need to be able to teach a child to read and then he or her will be able to pass a literacy test.

  Karl Rove : We're in the very early stages of developing our program.