The Power of Learning
Summer 2012 · Comment ·
Education reform should be the great civil rights challenge of our time, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said during his visit in March. 鈥淒on鈥檛 let anybody tell you that some kids can learn and some kids can鈥檛,鈥� said the founder and board chairman of the Foundation for Excellence in Education, which works to help students reach their learning potential. 鈥淚magine living in a country where we actually think that some subgroups can鈥檛 achieve the kind of results that we desire for everybody.鈥� Bush鈥檚 lecture was the first Maverick Speakers Series presentation in , UT Arlington鈥檚 7,000-seat special events venue that opened in February. Visit for video clips of Bush and past speakers.