November 27, 2008
Foundations Wind Down Effort to Put Education Improvement on Political Agenda
Strong American Schools, the charity that sought to make improving education a front-burner issue in the 2008 presidential race, is likely to wind down next year after spending less than half of the $60-million that the foundations backing the campaign originally expected to provide.
The campaign, which began in April 2007 and goes by the brand name "Ed in 08," has been supported by two of the most-influential foundations in education — the Bill & Melinda Gates
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