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Axios executive editor Mike Allen on Friday morning will convene a gathering of governors from across the country to discuss the tactics and strategies being used to improve their states鈥� education systems.聽()

Cutting across regions as well as political parties, Allen will sit down for individual conversations with Gov. John Hickenlooper (D-Colorado), Gov. Roy Cooper (D鈥揘orth Carolina), and Gov. Butch Otter (R-Idaho) for 鈥淩aising the Bar: A Conversation on Education in America,鈥� guiding an in-depth conversation about states鈥� responsibilities in raising expectations for students and exploring what methods are now proving successful in lifting student achievement.

In a bid to bring attendees up to speed, 蜜桃影视 has published education summaries for each state:

• The State of Education in Colorado: Strengthening rural schools, fighting over student performance measures, a massive funding shortfall & more
• The State of Education in North Carolina: Funding choices for low-income kids, the vast rural-urban divide, a new turnaround district & more
• The State of Education in Idaho: Low teacher pay & high turnover, secrecy on accountability, big hurdles for school choice & more

The Axios Live event, presented by 蜜桃影视 and sponsored by the Walton Family Foundation, coincides with this weekend鈥檚 National Governors Association 2018 Winter Meeting being held in the nation鈥檚 capital.

鈥淭he best governors out there are problem solvers, and the best solutions to the toughest challenges are ones that transcend politics,鈥� said Marc Sternberg, K-12 education program director at the Walton Family Foundation. 鈥淏y working with families, educators, community leaders, and other key stakeholders across geographies, demographics, and political parties, governors will find the best solutions that put children, especially those with the most at stake, at the front of the conversation.鈥�

Sixteen years after No Child Left Behind was signed into law, and three and a half decades since President Ronald Reagan鈥檚 A Nation at Risk, governors and state education departments have an increasingly important role in guiding and setting education policy under the federal .

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蜜桃影视 will be covering the event live on Friday, as well as previewing the most critical education issues in Colorado, North Carolina, and Idaho in advance of #Axios360 and reporting on the conversations in the days to follow. For the latest updates, sign up for 蜜桃影视 Newsletter 鈥� and follow @The74, @WaltonFamilyFdn, and the hashtag #EDlection2018 Friday morning beginning around 8 a.m. Eastern.

蜜桃影视 will be launching its new Election 2018 section to coincide with the Axios interviews, expanding on the site鈥檚 deep coverage of both candidates and key education votes from 2016, which began with the 2015 New Hampshire Education Summit. (Video Replay: Watch six former candidates for president lay out their education priorities)

With 36 gubernatorial contests this year 鈥� as well as countless congressional, state, and local races that will shape the future of the country鈥檚 education system 鈥� there will be no shortage of storylines over the coming months.

鈥淲hen we launched 蜜桃影视 in the midst of the 2016 presidential primaries, we quickly became an influential source of information on candidates鈥� education stances. In 2018, it is once again a priority for us to elevate education as an issue since it matters so greatly to our nation鈥檚 students,鈥� said Romy Drucker, co-founder of 蜜桃影视.

More Details: The 8 a.m. Axios event at AJAX, 1011 4th St. NW, is open to the public. Doors open at 7:30 a.m. Friday. Follow the hashtags and 聽on Twitter for live updates; .

Disclosure: The Walton Family Foundation provides funding to 蜜桃影视 and is the sponsor of this event.

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