Charles Miller is the business executive at the helm of George W. Bush’s commission on higher education. The U.S. Department of Education’s Commission on the Future of Higher Education is currently exploring a “No Child Left Behind” type higher education policy, which would impose standardized tests on colleges and universities.
On her website, teacher and education activist, Susan Ohanian has two “backgrounders” on Miller.
Outrages: “Panel explores standard tests for colleges
Outrages: “Charles Miller invests [sic] himself
A recent Fort Worth Weekly article titled “School for Profit” had this to say about Miller:
By 1994, Dallas entrepreneur Randy Best had made a fortune in investment banking. That year he decided to branch out. He rounded up investors and, with $3.5 million in hand, founded a for-profit company called Voyager Expanded Learning. One of those investors was Charles Miller, a millionaire friend of George Bush. The Texas governor tapped Miller to lead the statewide task force on school reform. Miller was also a friend of Margaret Spellings, another education advisor who would become secretary of education when Bush became president.
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