New Site Empowers Voters to Elect Reform-Minded Governors; Encourages Strong Education Platforms by Unveiling True Candidate Positions

WASHINGTON, May 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Bold, state-based education reform can only become a reality if voters hold statewide candidates to their promises and demand answers on specific education policy proposals -- according to the developers of a new tool launched today that provides voters with unprecedented power to unveil the education reform positions of gubernatorial candidates.

Thanks to Educationfifty.com, a dynamic new web-based tool launched today by the national Center for Education Reform, voters who seek to elect education reformers to lead their states can cut through the campaign clutter and target candidates who stand strong for solutions that benefit kids.

Educationfifty.com arms voters with specific candidate positions on school choice, charter schools, and teacher performance pay, covering the views of all candidates in the nation's 37 gubernatorial contests in 2010, with the goal of elevating education reform to a higher stature in statewide political debate and demanding that candidates adopt meaningful positions. With a more educated and savvy voting populous, The Center argues, new governors will treat education with the seriousness that the issue deserves.

The site, which is based on thousands of data points and comprehensive research, will be updated in real time -- providing up-to-the-minute research to voters craving the truth about candidates' plans for fixing education systems.

For more information, visit http://educationfifty.com.

The Center for Education Reform drives the creation of better educational opportunities for all children.  CER changes laws, minds and cultures to allow good schools to flourish.

SOURCE Center for Education Reform