The Global Campaign for Education (GCE-US) promotes access to education as a basic human right and mobilizes the public to create political will in the U.S. and internationally to improve education for the world's poorest children. As a coalition, we also work to promote the importance of pre-school education, prevent abusive child labor, increase adult literacy rates, and eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education. The Global Campaign for Education (GCE) was founded in 1999 and is based in Johannesburg, South Africa. GCE brings together major nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), teachers' unions, and other civil society groups in more than 100 countries. GCE-US is an independent member of GCE. Current Objectives of the US Chapter of the Global Campaign for Education: •Securing US Participation in the Global Partnership for Education: GCE-US urges the US Government to finally stand with other donors and support the Global Partnership for Education Replenishment Conference in November with a $375 million funding pledge over a three year period. •Supporting the Education for All Act: The Education for All Act is a mechanism to increase access to schooling in poor countries and to improve the quality of education offered. The act calls on the US to support a multilateral education initiative like the Global Partnership for Education that is committed with realizing these important goals. GCE-US is committed to educating the US public about the Education for All Act. •Making Education a Global Development Priority: Despite research showing that achieving universal basic education would promote economic growth, build stable societies, and save lives, the Obama Administration's Global Development Strategy does not include education as a development priority. Therefore, GCE-US is calling on the president to make education a global development priority of his administration. •Removing Barriers for Girls Education: Despite the fact that gains for investing in the education of women and girls grow with each year of school completed, girls continue to make up more than half of the out-of school children worldwide. Girls in poor countries face economic and social barriers that cause many of them to drop out after enrolling. GCE-US advances policy that removes these barriers to both basic and secondary education so girls are able to achieve their full potential.