“...I strongly believe that mayors should play an important role in education reform, and that great cities are not possible without great public schools.” Read more (pdf)
Kevin Johnson
Mayor of the City of Sacramento and CMRT Chairperson
The California Mayors Education Roundtable, a WestEd initiative, brings together mayors of California’s larger cities, district superintendents, and their key staff to share data, evidence-based and promising practices, and programmatic strategies that can help address local challenges affecting students’ educational and career success. The Roundtable is convened by WestEd and funded with core support by The James Irvine Foundation.
California Listening Tour Education Forums (in Partnership with StudentsFirst)
| San Jose |
March 22, 2012 |
| Los Angeles |
February 15, 2012 |
| Fresno |
January 26, 2012 |
| Sacramento |
January 25, 2012 |
| San Diego |
December 14, 2011 |
The California Mayors Education Roundtable is partnering with StudentsFirst, a national advocacy organization with nearly 150,000 members in California, for our winter event series, the California Mayors in Education Forum. Mayors will be hosting events in Fresno, LA, Sacramento, San Diego and San Jose in town-hall style settings.
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California Mayors Education Roundtable helps mayors and school district staff work collaboratively toward an effective, community approach to education, with a focus on dropout prevention.
Find state and national programs, reports and helpful links on dropout prevention.
