Education not a hot campaign issue

Amid concerns about the economy, healthcare, and national security, education has become a forgotten issue in the 2008 presidential election campaign, according to an article by Kathleen Kingsbury appearing on Time.com. The latest evidence is the decision of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation to stop funding the "Ed in '08" campaign, designed to make education a key election issue.

The campaign was originally authorized to spend up to $60 million to promote education as a key issue, but funding has been curtailed at $24 million. A program officer at the Gates Foundation said that the project has achieved its stated goals on the smaller budget. Others believe that the suspension of funding marks a realization that education will remain overshadowed by other issues this election year regardless of efforts to raise its profile.

For further information, read the full article on Time.com.