ED in 08 Blogger Summit

The Ed in ‘08 Blogger Summit is being held in Washington, D.C., on May 14th and 15th.  For all the cool details you can go here.  I only just found out about it this week so, unfortunately, I will not be able to attend.  However, I’m hoping that someone out there who is attending will be sweet enough to tell me where they are blogging about it so I can check it out. 

The Keynote speaker is Newt Gingrich.  Other speakers include Chris Gabrieli and Richard Whitmire.   There are going to be several topics discussed including:

Shaping Education Reform: The Issues Ahead

Blogging the Election: Breaking Through the Noise

The Role of Education Blogs in the Grassroots

Blogging From the Trenches

The documentary 2 Million Minutes is going to be screened the first night followed by a question and answer session with the filmmakers.  I’ve looked at the website for 2 Million Minutes and the documentary looks intriguing.  I’ll probably end up ordering it.  When I do I’ll let you know more about it!

This looks like it is going to be a fantastic experience!   

I’ve been talking a lot about education in the presidential election and it looks like I’ve found a group that is just as concerned as I am.  I’ll be bringing you more information from the folks at Ed in ‘08 but until then here is one of their ads that shows some pretty interesting information about the American education system.

If you are going to the Summit let me know all about it!  What do you think about the video?  Did you check out the Ed in ‘08 site?  Did you like it or hate it?  I really hope education becomes more of an issue in this election and plan to focus on it quite a bit.  Do you think education should be one of the primary issues in this years presidential election?