Dive Brief:
- Presidential hopeful Jeb Bush has selected Condoleezza Rice to serve as his education foundation's new chairman.
- Rice, who served as the United States' 66th Secretary of State under former president George W. Bush, has served on the Foundation for Excellence in Education's board for the past two years.
- The foundation was created by Bush as a way to push Florida's education policies to other parts of the nation.
Dive Insight:
The foundation's website lists a reform agenda in line with what has come to be associated with education reform at large. Among it: college and career readiness achieved through standards like the Common Core, the termination of teacher tenure, a focus on K-3 literacy and digital learning tools, school choice, and standards accountability though school rating systems.