Northern Virginia residents can expect to see a new TV spot targeting the state of education in the United States.
Addressing what they call America’s “sub-par education system,” Strong American Schools launched an advertising campaign this week that will run in Colorado, Iowa, Missouri, Ohio, New Mexico, Virginia and Wisconsin.
SAS says it’s spending more than $5 million on the “One Nation Left Behind” campaign.
The actress Jamie Lee Curtis narrates the 30-second spot, which shows a forlorn-looking boy running the flags of other countries up a pole before adding the American flag at the end. Curtis says in the ad that schools in the other countries are outperforming ours and that “America is only as strong as her schools.”
You can view the TV spot at http://www.strongamericanschools.org.
SAS is a nonpartisan advocacy effort “aimed at elevating discussion amongst America’s leaders about the need for education reform.” The group is supported by The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
“Strong American Schools’ new ad, One Nation Left Behind, underscores the harsh reality that America has slipped to the middle of the pack,” Marc Lampkin, executive director of Strong American Schools, said in a statement. “Currently American students are being left behind when compared to their international peers. Recent tests show that, out of 30 industrialized nations, 24 countries outperformed American students in math and 20 outperformed American students in science.”
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