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ED In ´08 Partners With Mastery Charter High School to Host Townhall Discussion With Philadelphia First-Time Voters

WASHINGTON, Apr. 14 /PRNewswire/ --

Student Leaders to Call on Presidential Candidates to Offer Comprehensive Plans for Strengthening America's K-12 Schools

WASHINGTON, April 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With the Pennsylvania primaries around the corner, Strong American Schools' ED in '08 campaign will join Mastery Charter High School seniors, who will be first-time voters, for a roundtable discussion on the importance of K-12 education in preparing students to compete in a global economy. The students will discuss how they are affected by the nation's school drop-out epidemic and what the next president can do to help raise student achievement.

In 2007 approximately 35,300 students did not graduate from Pennsylvania's high schools resulting in more than $9.2 billion in lost wages for that class of drop-outs. As the Democratic candidates prepare to debate just blocks away, the townhall participants will call on the presidential candidates to lay out their plans to fix America's schools.

ED in 08 is a national, nonpartisan campaign that calls on all the presidential candidates to propose plans to ensure that American students will graduate from high school with the skills needed to compete in a global economy. For more information, log onto www.edin08.com.

Date: Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Time: 11:30 a.m.

Location: Mastery Charter High School - Lenfest Campus

35 S. 4th St.

Philadelphia, PA 19106

Note: Media set up begins at 11:00 a.m.; mult. box will be provided.

Strong American Schools, a project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, is a nonpartisan campaign supported by The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation promoting sound education policies for all Americans. SAS does not support or oppose any candidate for public office and does not take positions on legislation.