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Thursday, August 28, 2008

Television ads highlight the importance of math and science

While we’re here in Denver, I wanted to make sure you saw the series of commercials from ExxonMobil. The ads highlight the need for better math and science education. In one ad Kim Bates, a geoscientist said, “In our society...

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Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Another update from Denver

I hope you will be able to take a few minutes to view two videos from the Ed Challenge for Change event I discussed on Tuesday, where I sat with Washington, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty, Newark, N.J. Mayor Cory Booker,...

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Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Hello from Denver!

It’s always good to be back home, but this week is dedicated to the task of ensuring those in attendance at the Democratic National Convention make education a priority in the party’s platform and in this year’s elections. Sunday, we...

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Voices from the Campaign

Sunday, August 24, 2008

Arrival in Denver

After a mere three hour flight from DC, we arrived last night in Denver for the start of the Democratic convention. Over the course of this week we'll be hosting multiple events in the "Mile High City" highlighting the need...

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Sunday, July 20, 2008

Posting from RAGBRAI -- Day One

As a part of ED in '08's field efforts in Iowa, the campaign sponsored a team for RAGBRAI, the [Des Moines] Register's Annual Great Bike Race Across Iowa. Throughout the race, we'll have postings from our riders and field team...

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Thursday, May 01, 2008

Gov. Romer Gets Press in Los Angeles

Our chairman, Gov. Roy Romer, sat down with one of our funders, Eli Broad, on the KPCC show "Air Talk with Larry Mantle" to talk about why education needs to be discussed more in the 2008 election. Listen to the...

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Featured Event

Gov. Romer at the Denver launch

In mid-August, Strong American Schools Chairman Gov. Roy Romer was joined by current Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter, former Gov. Dick Lamm and former Sen. Hank Brown to challenge national leaders to put forth real solutions to fix America’s education system.

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