Barbara Bush visit pays off: Houston schools to buy Neil Bush $oftware

[Bluebear]

IT seems it took only a few months for Barbara Bush's visit to a Houston middle school, where she promoted her donation of her son's software to a Hurricane Katrina relief fund, to pay off.

The Houston school board signed off last week on spending up to $200,000 on Neil Bush's "Curriculum on Wheels." The computer system provides history, social studies and science lessons for elementary and middle schools. HISD officials said they're not sure how the machines — about $3,800 each — will be distributed among the district's more than 300 campuses....

Some critics questioned this spring whether the former first lady should have been allowed to channel a donation to her son's Ignite Learning company through Houston's Hurricane Katrina relief fund.

Others wondered why she was allowed to promote the product in a ceremony at Fleming Middle School. Teachers and students gave testimonials on it, despite an HISD policy forbidding the district from endorsing the "merit of a brand name or trademarked products."

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/4114562.html

[Mist]

1. The program provides "history, social studies, and science lessons" just

the subjects Bushco is busy rewriting. I'd love to see the content of these lessons.

[tanyev]

3. Just take a look at this hard hitting Social Studies lesson:

Review Social Studies Skill Units in World Cultures with the COW and have a little fun!
"What? Who dumped whom?" -- Seems to be topic of discussion in any Jr. High class! Find out who really got dumped first while creating a timeline in this media piece.

Topic 1: Imaginary Lines
Check out the DJ rapping!

Topic 2: Kinds of Maps
Mike & Drew explain different kinds of maps

Topic 3: Interpret Maps
Track a Hurricane

Topic 5: Broken Heart Timeline
Jeanne on the Scene

Have to get it from a cache. http://64.233.187.104/search?q=cache:S6UktrvrN6oJ:www.ignitelearning.com/newsletter/may2006.shtml+Ignite!+inc+COW+classroom&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=1

I don't know what happened to Topic Number 4. Guess the COW can't count so gud.

[leesa]

6. Track a hurricane?? Is that some sort of sick joke by Neil?

[Bluebear]

7. Yes, since the hurricanes "work out so well" for people

according to Mom.

[tanyev]

2. Woo-hoo! The children of Houston got their COWs!

Let the people rejoice!


I was going to post a picture of the much-heralded Curriculum on Wheels, but it looks like the company is having a little trouble with their web site. That's not very conducive to sales. Good thing (for Neil) that Ma Bush is helping out.

www.ignitelearning.com

[grilled onions]

4. Hellen Wheels Sounds Better considering...

..the sales rep for the software. :crazy:

[LTR]

5. What's up with the pic of George Washington in drag?

:scared:

[Bozita]

8. The stench overpowers -- Bar did the seeding -- Neil reaped a bundle

Business, GOP style.

[Breeze54]

9. At first glance, I thought she was picking her nose!

:rofl:

What a complete bitch.

[City Lights]

10. So Ma Bar is a pimp.

And the school broke their own rules to promote more Bushit.

What a shocker. :sarcasm:

Have I mentioned lately how much I despise all things Bush?