Jeb Bush and Al Sharpton?

Politics makes for strange bedfellows. Edu-politics makes for surreal ones.

Among the backers of the recently launched Education Equality Project are former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and the Rev. Al Sharpton.

Launched a month ago by Sharpton and NYC Schools Chancellor Joel Klein (both Democrats), the project aims to "take on conventional wisdom and the entrenched opponents to real reform, focusing on teacher quality and pay; accountability for results; and maximizing parents' options."

Yes, that means tackling teachers unions, says Klein, who recently participated in Jeb's education summit in Orlando. Here's what Klein had to say when the equality project was launched at the National Press Club.

- Ron Matus, state education reporter

Comments

[terminator]

yeah, it's those bad old teachers unions that are mucking everything up.

you see how good Florida's schools are under Jeb's reforms (last in high school graduation rates, lowest in #'s of students getting Bachelors, Masters and Doctorates, near the bottom in average SAT/ACT scores, etc.).

would you really want to send your kids to one of Klein's NYCity schools?

You'd have to buy them a bulletproof vest first!

Yeah, as long as schools can fire teachers who don't have brown stuff on their noses and kiss administrator's *sses, that will solve all the problems.

Only in Jeb's land of Oz.

How much is hustler Sharpton getting paid by Jeb's foundation????

[seriously, now!]

I think I will vomit now!