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Join a panel of Democrats convinced that putting the public back in PUBLIC education is the only way to save our youth in Los Angeles, throughout California, and across the nation.  This will be a serious look at what we all must do to fix our public schools before it is too late.  

 

Whitney Tilson will give a short presentation on the twin achievement gaps and will join leading education reformers from California in a salon style discussion, with Q&A's from the audience, on how we can engage in collective, smart action to save this generation from demise in the global economy.  This will be an evening to supply you with the facts and the knowledge needed to act for change.

 

 

Frederick Douglass High School

3202 W. Adams Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA  90018

Get directions here

 

Whitney Tilson is a well-known education reform writer/blogger. He has been featured in the documentary, A Right Denied: The Critical Need for Genuine School Reform, was one of the founding members of Teach for America, and is a Board member of KIPP charter schools in NYC, the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools and Democrats for Education Reform.

 

Gloria Romero is a former California State Senator and is currently California Director of Democrats for Education Reform

 

Corri Tate Ravere is President of the Inner City Education Foundation network of public charter schools (ICEF), Founder of Families That Can, and serves on the California Charter Schools Association (CCSA) Member Council 

Gabe Rose is Deputy Director of the Parent Revolution

Tara Roth McConaghy is the founder of LAEdupreneurs and the Executive Director of the Goldhirsh Foundation, as well as the former COO at GOOD and a social strategy adviser to GOOD/Pepsi Refresh, DonorsChoose.org, and Participant

 

Caprice Young (moderator) is the CEO of ICEF, founder of CCSA, and former LAUSD School Board President 

Questions?  Just come <grin> or call Caprice at (323)290-6904 or email her at capriceyoung@rocketmail.com.

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Former California State Senator Gloria Romero is the State Director of Democrats for Education Reform and has been a forceful advocate for education reform and civil rights. 

She brings to the post not only a great passion for quality education opportunities for all children, but a keen knowledge of the legislative and political process.  She was elected to the 24^th Senate District in 2001, representing East Los Angeles and the greater San Gabriel Valley.  Upon her election she was recognized as one of the hardest working members of the Legislature and quickly rose in leadership positions.  She was elected by her peers to serve as Senate Democratic Caucus Chair and as Senate Majority Leader--the first woman to ever hold that leadership position in the history of the California State Senate.

Romero served as Chair of both the Education Committee and the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee on Education, making her one of the most influential voices on education policy in California.  She believes that education is the civil rights issue of our time.  States Romero, "My mother had a sixth grade education; I have a PhD. I understand the transformational power of education and the key it holds to accessing the American Dream".

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