tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535343540657577734.post2392382143843825279..comments2023-08-10T10:00:34.522-04:00Comments on Education Election: Bill Gates and the Presidential ElectionMesha Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04694928710410861035noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2535343540657577734.post-31738097324627503322008-01-10T16:23:00.000-05:002008-01-10T16:23:00.000-05:00The Associated Press reported this in April ^Found...The Associated Press reported this in April <BR/><BR/>^Foundations spending $60 million to make education a presidential campaign issue<<BR/>^By JIM KUHNHENN=<BR/>^Associated Press Writer=<BR/>¶ WASHINGTON (AP) _ Two of the world's wealthiest charitable foundations are bankrolling a $60 million initiative aimed at making education an issue in the 2008 presidential campaign.<BR/>¶ Philanthropists Bill Gates and Eli Broad are hoping their "Strong American Schools" project will goad the presidential candidates into taking bold stands on education even if it means angering their own constituencies.<BR/>¶ "We feel strongly that we had to wage a campaign to do two things: Arouse the American people and get them concerned and get them to see the need for reform in public education," Broad said in an interview Tuesday.<BR/>¶ The campaign, he said, will "try to get all the candidates to be interested in education, not let them get by with the pablum of 'We need better schools and better teachers.'"<BR/>...<BR/><BR/>from Donna Blankinship: I write about education and the Gates Foundation for The AP, but did not write this story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com