my family of 7 making less than fifty grand a year didn't qualify for a single grant, and only one federal loan that only covered about 12% of my total bill for university. this was a year before Bush had been in office. I promise you... the situation has been poor for a long time. the current President has had little to do with it.
but what he has done is sign a bipartisan bill (remember him shaking hands with ted kennedy on it?) to increase educational funding and promote accountability in primary and secondary schools for their student's performance. while it's too early to measure success on the national level, there are great statistics from Texas where he implemented a similar plan as governor. In fact, he signed a bill that put so much more money into education that he had many of his conservative backers grumbling that he gave up too much to the left side of the aisle.
That's as much as a President has done for education in a single term as any in recent memory. Some may have legimitate axes to grind with the current system in specific instances (i know my college loan aid does because of me!
) But, for Journeyman to say that Bush has "fucked up" education is to ignore his record in favor of a blanket statement.