George W. Bush Institute
Education
Ensuring all students receive a quality education.
The Bush Institute believes that every child has the ability to learn.
We partner with nationally-known research organizations, policymakers, and school districts to ensure all Americans can access a quality education. Through the Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries, we also provide grants to school libraries so they can extend, update, and diversify their book and print collections.
Our Nation’s workforce and public education are profoundly connected. But the two systems often operate independently, limiting students’ futures and the capacity of our economy. State leaders can create policies that help more Americans transition from education into careers, giving people real choices for their futures.
To increase achievement for children of all races, ethnicities, and socioeconomic statuses, we must have:
- High standards and high-quality instruction
- Quality assessments tied to those standards
- Meaningful consequences for low performance
Experts
Don Evans Family Managing Director, Opportunity and Democracy George W. Bush Institute
Senior Program Manager, Education George W. Bush Institute
Associate, Education George W. Bush Institute
Sammons Enterprises Fellow George W. Bush Institute
Senior Fellow George W. Bush Institute
Senior Editorial Advisor George W. Bush Institute
Dean, Wheelock College of Education & Human Development, Boston University
Former Superintendent, Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District
Dean, Simmons School of Education & Human Development, SMU
President & CEO, Educational Results Partnership (ERP)
Managing Partner, Sycamore Tree Capital Partners
Managing Partner, Pastorek Partners; Former Superintendent of Education, Louisiana
Former Texas State Senator
Former Secretary of Public Education, New Mexico Department of Education
Co-President, Rainwater Charitable Foundation
Former Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, Center on Children and Families, Brookings Institution; Editor, Evidence Speaks Project
Senior Vice President, National Alliance for Public Charter School
Publications
Investing in our teachers is a sure-fire way of gaining what we’ve lost over the past two years. EVA CHIANGManaging Director, Leadership and Programming, George W. Bush InstituteRead More