"You had bus operators, track workers, signal maintainers reading the newspaper today with a better grasp of what the MTA was going to do with the negotiation than the negotiating committee of the union and the leadership of the union, " he said.
Bush has called for a testing regimen to help get lagging or failed schools on track, saying student proficiency in reading and math must be measured so parents will know whether their children are advancing equitably -- and so school administrators will know if their teachers are performing up to locally established standards.