Marjorie Larson, an educator and the wife of state Rep. Mark Larson (R-Cortez), has been selected as the Montezuma County representative on the Colorado Educators for Bush county leadership committee.

The group is a grassroots coalition designed to gather support from educators throughout the state for his education-reform agenda, according to a press release from the Bush-Cheney campaign.

Educators for Bush is a national grassroots education coalition, with steering committees forming in all 50 states.

The steering committees will spearhead the effort to draw support from educators in their respective states. The coalition is composed of teachers, superintendents, principals, university trustees, retired teachers, and government officials.

George W. Bush has introduced sweeping education reforms designed to improve America’s public schools by increasing local control, requiring accountability, funding an intensive elementary-reading initiative, and giving parents greater options when schools fail to improve, according to the press release.