Former Florida governor and 2016 Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush lamented the state of student proficiency in reading and math Thursday ahead of the release of the nation’s report card next week.

Bush, the chairman of the board of directors of nonprofit organization Excel in Ed, made the comments during a Thursday Zoom meeting with reporters, saying there are several policy initiatives that can be embraced to address the widespread learning loss, especially in reading and math, after COVID-19-related school closures.
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