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Upcoming Events

August, 2008
8/30/2008
Toledo, Ohio Riverfest
Start:12:00 AM
End:11:55 PM

The Toledo Riverfest attracts more than 125,000 visitors to the shores of the Maumee River to have fun. ED in '08 will be there to talk to Ohioans about the crisis in our schools.

8/30/2008
Piqua Heritage Festival -- Piqua, Ohio
Start:12:00 AM
End:11:55 PM
8/30/2008
Missouri– Illinois Football Game
Start:3:00 PM
End:7:00 PM

ED in '08 will be in St. Louis with the sold-out crowd of over 70,000 fans cheering on the Tigers as they take on the Illini at the Edward Jones Dome.

8/31/2008
Piqua Heritage Festival -- Piqua, Ohio
Start:12:00 AM
End:11:55 PM
8/31/2008
Toledo, Ohio Riverfest
Start:12:00 AM
End:11:55 PM

The Toledo Riverfest attracts more than 125,000 visitors to the shores of the Maumee River to have fun. ED in '08 will be there to talk to Ohioans about the crisis in our schools.

September, 2008
9/16/2008
Chamber of Commerce -- Middletown, Ohio
Start:10:00 AM
End:12:00 PM

ED in '08 will appear before the chamber and the education community of Middletown, OH

In The News

  • 08.20.08

    Intel cites US education 'crisis'  

    The chairman of the world's biggest computer chipmaker has said the US "education system is in crisis and failing the youth of today."

  • 08.5.08

    EDITORIAL: Test Iowa's students against world peers  

    In an editorial, the Des Moines Register writes, "All that would be outweighed by knowing where Iowa stands compared with countries that score highest on the assessment. It's easier to shrug off dismal rankings for the United States if you think your state has done well. If you know otherwise, it should motivate change."

  • 06.28.08

    Poll: Schools not properly preparing kids  

    Half of Americans say U.S. schools are doing only a fair to poor job preparing kids for college and the work force. Even more feel that way about the skills kids need to survive as adults, an Associated Press poll released Friday finds. (Associated Press)

  • 06.25.08

    Teacher Bonuses Get Unions' Blessing  

    One of the most ambitious pay-for-performance initiatives in Washington area schools is drawing strong teacher interest and local union support even though many national labor leaders have long asserted that it is unfair to link teachers' paychecks directly to their students' test scores. (Washington Post)

  • 06.24.08

    More rigorous instruction urged for middle-schoolers  

    Middle schoolers need longer school days, specially trained teachers and more challenging academics if school officials hope to reverse a decades-long trend of sagging achievement rates, according to a report presented Tuesday to the State Board of Education. (Baltimore Sun)