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...early education. She held a conference and made alliances with important legislators (especially Democrats), which resulted in an infusion of $215 million into new programs with titles like "Ready to Read" and "Take Time for Kids." "We simply knew it was Laura Bush's bill," says Texas Representative Paul Sadler, a Democrat who chairs the House education committee. "She was very much at the forefront, and knew the subject very well...
Sophomore Nick Picarsic, Matt's brother, will continue to wrestle at 141-pounds after a great freshman year performance. Also wrestling at 141 will be senior John Bachman and sophomore Kendrick Sadler...
...trial lawyer Bush never took on is Paul Sadler, a soft-spoken litigator from East Texas who is also the lege's leading wonk. As chairman of the house's public-education committee, the Democrat is a longtime player on the issue closest to Bush's heart, education reform, which had been under way in Texas for a decade by the time Bush ran. In 1993, Sadler led the fight to scrap the state's education code, and during Bush's first term, Sadler and others were writing the new code. Sadler says Bush jumped into the reform effort immediately...
Last year Bush pushed for a controversial program to end social promotion, the practice of passing students who aren't academically qualified. His initiative would have required third-graders to pass a single standardized reading test in order to earn a ticket to fourth grade. That bothered Sadler, whose support Bush needed. At a meeting last year, Bush challenged him: "Sadler, you gonna pass my social-promotion bill?" Sadler replied, "Nah, I don't like it." "What's the problem?" Bush asked. Sadler told him that holding back students because they failed a single test wasn't fair...
Eventually Bush agreed to most of what Sadler wanted. If he hadn't, Bush admits, Sadler wouldn't have passed his bill. "He's powerful," says Bush. "There's a certain practicality to the political world. You play the hand you're dealt...