A Bush Brother Spreads His Vision of Computerized Teaching Programs

A BUSH BROTHER SPREADS HIS VISION OF COMPUTERIZED TEACHING PROGRAMS
[SOURCE: New York Times, AUTHOR: Diana Jean Schemo]
Curriculum on Wheels (COW) is the brainchild of Neil Bush, brother of the president, who is president of Ignite! Learning. The company has sold its science and social studies curriculums, aimed mostly at middle school grades, to 2,300 of the nation’s 85,000 public schools, and is seeking to expand its business to China, Japan, South Korea and the Middle East. Mr. Bush’s curriculum coordinates with both the standards movement sweeping states and its national embodiment, No Child Left Behind, which requires all children in Grades 3 to 8 to be tested each year in reading and math, and once in science. Some educators have criticized Mr. Bush for using his brother’s No Child Left Behind law to market his product. To educators, though, a big question is whether a technology-based curriculum — Mr. Bush’s or any of a multitude of others -- works.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/30/nyregion/30education.html
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