It was the prior school administration that took the Detroit public school system to where it is today.

FORBES: Detroit ctd.

Greater involvement by experts may make for more sensible rules, but it will not turn the system of public administration on its head.

ECONOMIST: E-government is only the beginning

Bush, decrying what he has called "the soft bigotry of low expectations, " has promoted reform of the public education system as one of the most pressing priorities of his young administration.

CNN: Bush impatient with Congress on education bill

In consequence, the applause was muted when, in his second inaugural speech, Brown bragged that his administration was building an artificial river down the spine of the state and mightily expanding the greatest system of public colleges and universities in the world.

ECONOMIST: American politics