With all of the dissension regarding the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test and Jeb Bush's inexplicable infatuation with it, why isn't anyone commenting on the connection that the governor's (and the president's) brother, Neil Bush, has with the FCAT?
I recall reading in this newspaper last year that Neil Bush was the CEO of Ignite Inc. of Texas, the company that developed program software that helps students prepare for the test. It costs $30 per student per year and was being tested in Orlando.
Based on my recollections of Neil Bush's banking difficulties back around the time of his daddy's term as president, I'm wondering why this angle hasn't been investigated? How many schools have opted to buy this?
It certainly appears from talk around the communities and the editorial pages that the majority of us feel that the FCAT is given too much weight and are wondering how to reconcile it with the "No child left behind" motto.
Linda DeTroyer
I suppose it's left to vigilant letter-writers and obsessive bloggers to connect the dots, to reconcile these stories, and to create context and perspective in a soundbite world.
Mainstream journalists and editors are still AWOL, not unlike the young George W., whose porous and doubt-riddled history, deceptive or (at best) meaningless pronouncements, and blank stare characterize America as a hollow facade that allows an imbecilic dynasty to mock its own citizens as well as the rest of the world.
