Bill and Melinda Gates

Ed 08: A 21st Century Ghost Town

By Allison Fine

Last week the Bill and Melinda Gates and the Eli and Edyth Broad Foundations announced a $60 million campaign, Ed 08, to put public education at the center of issues debated in presidential election cycle. Ed 08 is intended to “ensure that the nation engages in a rigorous debate and to make education a top priority in the 2008 presidential election.” It is a big, bold goal just like the kind they talk about in business books. But, based on a very early assessment, it seems to me that Ed 08 is not headed for Harvard Business School, but headed straight for hell. Here’s why.

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