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"Not going to be vice president," Jeb Bush says before Ave Maria graduation speech
Ave Maria
(Naples Daily News)
Date added: May 07, 2012
-- For just the second time, Ave Maria University on Saturday graduated a class of students who spent their entire four-year academic career at the campus carved out of tomato fields between Naples and Immokalee. The featured commencement speaker, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, had been there for the groundbreaking eight years ago, he told the gathering. Just before Bush spoke, Ave Maria University President Jim Towey asked those in the group if they thought Bush should be president. Towey and Bush were greeted with a roar of approval. Bush, who received an honorary law degree from Ave Maria, spoke to ... (Continue Reading...)
FCAT tests the performance of region's charter schools vs. public schools
Naples, FL
(Naples Daily News)
Date added: April 23, 2012
-- There's close competition between local charter and traditional public schools to see which students can perform best on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test as testing wraps up this week. But statewide, charter school students are pulling ahead, according to an April report by the Florida Department of Education. The report, using 2010-11 FCAT data, determined that students who attend charter schools tend to outscore their traditional public school peers in almost every subject. Local charter schools don't all mirror that trend. Charter schools like Marco Island Middle and Bonita Springs Charter are consistently high-performing, whereas others like Immokalee Community School ... (Continue Reading...)
Jeb Warns: Get Ready For 'Most Negative Campaign' Ever
Miami, FL
(Newsmax)
Date added: April 22, 2012
-- Americans are facing what will likely be the “most negative campaign in modern times” over the next six months, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush tells Newsmax, and Mitt Romney must brace himself for tough personal attacks from President Barack Obama. Bush, the former two-term governor of the Sunshine State, also said in an exclusive Newsmax.TV interview that he hopes Romney — as the presumptive GOP presidential nominee — will invite Florida’s charismatic first-term Sen. Marco Rubio to become his running mate. That may be the key to Republicans defeating Obama in November, he says. “There will be so much negativity and so many ... (Continue Reading...)
