Jeb Bush’s Excellence in Ed held its 2014 Summit this week.

Welcome to a “really good fight”.

“Welcome to a really really good fight,” @JebBush on #SchoolChoice and Education Reform. #EIE14 pic.twitter.com/bu7mVx301y

— Charter Schools USA (@CSUSAhq) November 20, 2014

The guy who is pushing a one size fits all experiment which is locking states and schools across the country into one set of fundamentally flawed and experimental standards is talking about ‘school choice’.

That’s rich.

The sponsor list was a who’s who of Common Core profiteers.  While the sponsors were listed, the attendees were not.  Come on, show us the list, Excellence In Ed:

Since @ExcelinEd is a 501c, I urge them to be transparent w/ their ‘reform movement’. Publish attendees list for #EIE14. — LL1885 – A.P. Dillon (@LadyLiberty1885) November 21, 2014

A number of big names showed up —  big political names. Gee, this isn’t a dual purpose summit, now is it? 2016….

Packed house for #EIE14 dinner keynote with @CondoleezzaRice and @MarcoRubio talking education equality. pic.twitter.com/7Xoxugn8EM — Jaryn Emhof (@JarynEmhof) November 21, 2014

Education equality? Like the one size fits all Common Core? Notice the first big words on top of the poster?

By the way, for North Carolina readers, Rep. Craig Horn was there.  Rep. Horn was a co-sponsor of the repeal common core bill.

“Justice”, “Right To Rise”, “Civil Rights”.

Was this a Union event or an education summit? And “zip code”?? Was this banner backdrop supposed to be a Close Reading assignment or something?  Good grief.

“You gotta take a test for almost every other profession. The only one you don’t need a test for is to join congress.” @MarcoRubio #EIE14 — ExcelinEd (@ExcelinEd) November 21, 2014

“Children shouldn’t be trapped in a failing school just so the school can stay in business.” – @CondoleezzaRice at #EIE14 @ExcelinEd — Kate Wallace (@KStreetFla) November 21, 2014

The room was packed. Citizens should find out if any of their state officials were there, including legislators.

Packed room! #EIE14 pic.twitter.com/QySqyBzN4k

— ExcelinEd (@ExcelinEd) November 20, 2014

A funny thing happened, it appears media was not allowed to attend the panels. There’s that Common Core transparency we’ve all come to know!

Transparency of CC => Was press kept out of #EIE14 panels the whole time?https://t.co/CRnA5XT9Ou #stopcommoncore pic.twitter.com/jqldDNrpY3 — LL1885 – A.P. Dillon (@LadyLiberty1885) November 21, 2014

Quick Reminder:

.@JebBush’s Rhetoric and Reality on #CommonCore http://t.co/uQe7tw0Vp0 #EIE14 @caitlinzemma — Pioneer Institute (@PioneerBoston) November 20, 2014

The high price of for-profit education and Jeb Bush. #EIE14 http://t.co/6FFrk77HRf — Cashing In On Kids (@CashingInOnKids) November 20, 2014