Bush Offers Proposals On Reading, Teacher Quality

By Erik W. Robelen

Washington

Raising the ante for his education agenda, Gov. George W. Bush of Texas unveiled two new campaign proposals last week designed to help students read by the 3rd grade and improve the quality of the nation's teachers.

"I am committed to giving every American child the best possible start toward the American dream by teaching every child to read," Mr. Bush, who has won enough delegates to secure the Republican presidential nomination, said in a March 28 speech announcing the reading plan.

Two days later, he...