Like every benevolent sector in the United States, the education crowd frequently aligns with the famous [and infamous] to get the job done. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t, but we’d do well to put a bit more thought in to who we select and why.

Occasionally we stumble on some pleasant surprises when education and celebrity overlap. A little diligence and awareness would keep us from relying on surprises, though.

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RELEVENT LINKS:

• Global Campaign for Education
• Shakira’s Campaign for Education @ justjared
  
• Shakira @ wikipedia
• A. Russo @ This Week in Education: Singer Appears To Promote Global Education: Where’s Your Celebrity Spokesperson?
• George Clooney @ wikipedia
• ED in ‘08 Makes Strange Bedfellows [Kanye West, ED in ‘08]
• ED in ‘08
• May Installed as Uni Chancellor, BBC
• Mayim Bialik @ wikipedia
• Jeff Cohen @ wikipedia