Reply #28: Evidently, Neil Bush also has an investment in these school programs . .. [View All]

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put in place by W . . .

A teacher told me when her school failed some of these standards that they

had to pay for an expensive program called "Curriculum on Wheels" -- or COW---!


Bush Brother’s Firm Faces Inquiry Over Purchases
By MARILYN W. THOMPSON

Published: November 7, 2007
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 — The inspector general of the Department of Education has said he will examine whether federal money was inappropriately used by three states to buy educational products from a company owned by Neil Bush, the president’s brother.

Luis M. Alvarez/Associated Press
Ignite Learning is owned by Neil Bush, the president’s brother.

Ignite Learning
The Curriculum on Wheels.
John P. Higgins Jr., the inspector general, said he would review the matter after a group, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, detailed at least $1 million in spending from the No Child Left Behind program by school districts in Texas, Florida and Nevada to buy products made by Mr. Bush’s company, Ignite Learning of Austin, Tex. Mr. Higgins stated his plans in a letter to the group sent last week.

Members of the group and other critics in Texas contend that school districts are buying Ignite’s signature product, the Curriculum on Wheels, because of political considerations. The product, they said, does not meet standards for financing under the No Child Left Behind Act, which allocates federal money to help students raise their achievement levels, particularly in elementary school reading.

Ignite, founded by Neil Bush in 1999, includes as investors his parents, former President George H. W. Bush and his wife, Barbara. Company officials say that about 100 school districts use the Curriculum on Wheels, known as the Cow, which is a portable classroom with software to teach middle-school social studies, science and math. The units cost about $3,800 each and require about $1,000 a year in maintenance.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/07/washington/07neil.html?ex=1352091600&en=97655a947a9baade&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss



Bush Brother's Firm Faces Inquiry Over Purchases - New York Times
The Department of Education will examine whether federal money was inappropriately used to buy educational products ... The Curriculum on Wheels. ... use the Curriculum on Wheels, known as the ...nytimes.com/2007/11/07/washington/07neil.html?ex=1352091600&... - 51k

And, Neil seems to be heavily involved with great family friend Rev. Moon ... !!


Scoop: Neil Bush, Moon, Paraguay & US Dept of Education
President's brother flaks for Moon organization in Latin America while his curriculum on wheels is being investigated by the Education Department's inspector generalwww.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0803/S00453.htm - 63k - Cached


Curriculum on Wheels Passes 10,000 Classroom Mark : January 2007 : THE ...
Curriculum On Wheels offers comprehensive curricula for middle school and ... Dave Nagel, "Curriculum on Wheels Passes 10,000 Classroom Mark ," T.H.E. Journal, ...www.thejournal.com/articles/20061 - Cached

Power to Learn - Two COWs
Here's a look a two different kinds of COWs (Curriculum on Wheels) ... New York Times describes the Curriculum on Wheels being sold by Ignite Learning. ...powertolearn.com/articles/teaching_with_technology/article.shtml?ID=54 - 71k - Cached