Audit Of Bush's "Reading First" Program Finds Corruption, Mismanagement...

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Associated Press September 22, 2006 at 05:44 PM
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A scorching internal review of the Bush administration's reading program says the Education Department ignored the law and ethical standards to steer money how it wanted.

The government audit is unsparing in its review of how Reading First, a billion-dollar program each year, that it says has been beset by conflicts of interest and willful mismanagement. It suggests the department broke the law by trying to dictate which curriculum schools must use.

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