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BRIAN SANDOVAL, a Republican who became governor of Nevada last year, sent his three children to public schools but admits that Nevada’s schools are bad. Making them better is one of his main goals, but he does not want to raise taxes for that purpose. Instead, he intends to eliminate teacher tenure and improve how teachers are rewarded. These and other ideas, he says, he got from Jeb Bush, a Republican (and brother of George W.) who was governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007.
In Santa Fe Susana Martinez, another first-term Republican governor, uses almost exactly the same words about school reform in New Mexico and similarly credits Jeb Bush. Her experience, admittedly, also shows how hard such ideas may be to implement. This month a last-minute filibuster shelved several of Ms Martinez’s education reforms, including a new teacher-evaluation system. “Pork before kids,” she muttered, but vowed to fight on.
Nevada and New Mexico are among a growing number of states that are looking to Florida and Mr Bush’s time in office for inspiration on school reform. Many of these, such as Indiana, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Arizona, have Republican governors, while others, such as Colorado, have Democratic governors but influential Republican education leaders. Many are also known for mediocre schools. That, indeed, was Florida’s situation: its schools were among the nation’s worst in 1999 and are now among the best.

A. 어휘
Republican 공화당원. Inspired 영감을 받고서. transform 변형시키다.
governor 州知事(주지사). eliminate 제거하다. tenure 終身(종신) 在職權(재직권).
credits 신뢰하다. implement 수행하다, 履行(이행)하다.
admittedly 명백히, 인정되고 있는바와 같이. filibuster 의사진행 방해.
shelve 깔아뭉개다, 보류하다. teacher-evaluation system 교사평가제도.
Pork 政略(정략). inspiration 자극, 격려, 영향, 靈感(영감).
Democratic 민주당의. mediocre 평범한, 열등의.