Hopefully you got a chance to tune in to the live webcast of the 1GOAL launch this past Tuesday. The London kick-off, which was hosted by 1GOAL founder Queen Rania of Jordan and UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown, featured a variety of speakers via satellite (such as FIFA President Sepp Blatter in Zurich, President Zuma in South Africa, Prime Minister Zapatero in Madrid) as well as a special message from U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Sec. Clinton talked about the role education plays in lifting families and countries out of poverty and also said that the U.S. “is committed to working with partners of all kinds- other governments, businesses, academics, activists, parents and teachers- everyone who wants to help us expand access to education for children everywhere.”

As many of you might remember from ONE Vote ’08, global education was one of President Obama’s strongest development commitments during the campaign, with a promise that if he became president the U.S. would contribute $2 billion to a Global Education Fund.

Hopefully this message from Sec. Clinton for 1GOAL is a sign that the Administration is ready to get serious about a making strong, new investment in global education. As Senator, Sec. Clinton championed global education with the bi-partisan Education for All Act, which would have scaled up U.S. development assistance to its fair share of the amount needed to send every child to school around the world. It’s great news that Sec. Clinton has lent her voice to 1GOAL and hopefully a sign that with her leadership, the Administration will get to work on turning President Obama’s campaign pledge into a reality for millions of children around the world.

PS– Check out photos from the global launch here.