April 26, 2007 07:01 PM UTC

Education Central

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• by: Great Ed

( – promoted by Colorado Pols)

Today’s Post reports on a $60 million campaign led by Former Gov. Roy Romer that will push for national education reform.

Former Gov. Roy Romer will lead a $60 million, nonpartisan campaign to hurtle education to the top of the presidential-election agenda, an unprecedented push for major school reform on a federal scale.

Philanthropists Bill Gates and Eli Broad announced Wednesday that they will fund “Ed in ’08” – a force of “public awareness and action” with “troops” in up to a dozen states and an interactive website to mobilize the public.

Check out their website.

Meanwhile, Colorado has been at the center of the education debate.  Speaker Romanoff has kicked off a statewide conversation on the issue.  The legislature is in a fierce debate over a mill levy stabilization plan.  On Tuesday, Gov. Ritter introduced a Colorado P-20 Council. 

What do you think?  Is there real momentum behind an education reform movement?

(cross-posted on Great Education Colorado)