ED in 08 | Strong American Schools: Making Education a Priority -- Our Supporters

Our Supporters

We expect many individual Americans and organizations concerned about our schools to join us in supporting the ED in 08 campaign.

Strong American Schools Steering Committee

Roy Romer, Chairman
Former Governor of Colorado and Former Superintendent of Los Angeles Unified School District

Eli Broad
Founder, The Broad Foundations

Allan Golston
President of U.S. Program, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Janet Murguía
President and CEO, National Council of La Raza

Louis B. Gerstner
Former CEO of IBM

John Engler
Former Governor of Michigan and President of the National Association of Manufacturers

Marc Lampkin, Executive Director

Public Statements of Support

In The News

06.27.07

Make education more than a two-bit issue

The Quad City Times staff looks at Iowa’s history of education leadership to make the case for adding a rigorous education debate to the presidential campaign. (Quad-City Times)
06.26.07

Students in the State-Funded K-Plus Program are About to Start An Extra 25 Days of School

New Mexico’s K-Plus program expanded the school year to close the achievement gap for students in high-poverty schools. (Albuquerque Journal)
06.26.07

Ex-Aides Break With Bush on ‘No Child’

Senior administration officials from President Bush's first term are speaking out against NCLB with increasing boldness, making it more difficult to renew the law. (Washington Post)
06.24.07

Proposed school program would target racial learning gap

An attempt to close the achievement gap between African-American and white males in Fayette County, Ky., will focus on critical-thinking and problem-solving skills. (Lexington Herald-Leader)
06.24.07

School districts concerned No Child Left Behind hurts higher-performing students

More than half of Pennsylvania's middle school teachers think the state’s smartest kids are being ignored, an unintended consequence of the No Child Left Behind Act. (Express-Times)