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Renewing Our Schools, Securing Our Future

August - December 2004

The Institute for America's Future and the Center for American Progress created a national Task Force to ensure excellence in public education — co-chaired by Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano, Philip Murphy, Senior Director of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, historian and former Washington, D.C. School Board member Roger Wilkins. more »

Internet Ad Parody Features Laura Bush

By Toby Chaudhuri

June 16, 2004

06/16/2004

WASHINGTON – The Campaign for America's Future today released a new webmercial that features First Lady Laura Bush setting the record straight on her husband's education policies. more »

Memorandum To Reporters And Editors

By Toby Chaudhuri

June 2, 2004

06/02/2004

One of the largest interest rate hikes on college loans is set for this Saturday, July 1, as student debt and the cost of attending college in the United States continue to rise. Federal student loan interest rates will rise and consequently, many students and alumni are scrambling to consolidate their loans. more »

Gop Trying To Force Families To Pay More For College

By Toby Chaudhuri

May 7, 2004

05/07/2004

WASHINGTON — "College students graduate with more average debt than ever before," Institute for America's Future President Robert Borosage noted today. "It is simply unconscionable that House Republican leaders want to sock them with higher interest rates and greater risk. more »

Quarter Million Outraged Parents, Teachers, Tell Bush To Fire Education Secretary

By Toby Chaudhuri

April 29, 2004

04/29/2004

WASHINGTON – Hundreds of thousands of outraged parents, students and teachers across the country today called on President Bush to fire his Education Secretary, Roderick Paige, in a petition delivered to the White House. more »

Napolitano Launches Task Force To Renew Public Education

By Toby Chaudhuri

April 22, 2004

04/22/2004

WASHINGTON – The Institute for America's Future and the Center for American Progress today announced the formation of a national task force to ensure excellence in public education. At a Washington luncheon, two of the task force co-chairs outlined a plan to engage business, public policy and community leaders in a series of major public hearings across the country. more »

Parents, Teachers, Students Nationwide Petition Bush

By Toby Chaudhuri

March 8, 2004

03/08/2004

WASHINGTON – Parents and teachers from across the country joined Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.), Campaign for America's Future Co-director Robert Borosage and MoveOn.org's Peter Schurman to call on President Bush to fire his Education Secretary, Roderick Paige, in a major online petition drive (www.firepaige.org ). more »

Borosage Defends Teachers From White House Attack

By Toby Chaudhuri

February 23, 2004

02/23/2004

WASHINGTON — Institute for America's Future Co-director Robert Borosage today came to the defense of millions of teachers advancing the cause of public education who were directly attacked by the Bush Administration. more »