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Putting Education Reform To The Test

Florida Education Foundation Hosting Two-Day Summit in D.C.

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Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush at the Republican National Convention in Tampa. His Foundation for Excellence in Education kicked off its national summit today.

The Foundation for Excellence in Education’s annual conference starting this morning in Washington, D.C.

The agenda hits most of the main policies former Gov. Jeb Bush has supported: How to make teachers more effective; school district accountability; charter school accountability; the parent trigger and funding; and what to expect from new Common Core assessments.

The conference also features a number of keynote speakers, including Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan.

The full schedule is here. You can watch the keynote speeches online here.

C-SPAN is also streaming some of the conference online.

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