U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, Steve Capus of NBC News and Education Nation, and Nine-Time Grammy Winner John Legend Join Mediaplanet in a Campaign Bringing Industry Leaders Together in One Unified Voice Identifying Education as an Issue for This Nation

CHICAGO, June 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- With American education on a decline and schools around the nation breaking for summer, educators and parents alike are searching for proven education solutions to implement. Mediaplanet Publishing released its first special edition on "Education In America". The campaign hit Chicago with the Chicago Sun-Times, reaching a captive audience of Chicago Public Schools and educational influencers.

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Collaborating Views and Discovering Proven Solutions

Sixty-eight percent of eighth-graders cannot read at grade level and one-third of our nation's student's drop out of high school. Education In America collaborates views on the current education situation, from implementing new technology, staying safe online, and the crisis in urban America with John Legend's Show Me Campaign, to advocate for change in the American education system.

Become educated on our nation's current state along with one million readers of Chicago Sun-Times and discover what leaders like Arne Duncan (U.S. Secretary of Education), Charles Saylors (President of the PTA), and John Legend (Show Me Campaign) have to say about the issues plaguing our children and future leaders.

Mediaplanet's Report

In partnership with IMBEE, NEA, American College of Education, Stand For Children, Lakeshore Learning, MathMedia, K12, National School Products, Distance Education Professional Development, The Connecting Link, The International Educator, USPS, AFT, and the National PTA Mediaplanet offers proven solutions for Education In America embraced by our Nation.

To view this full report CLICK HERE or click the link: http://doc.mediaplanet.com/all_projects/7266.pdf

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