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September 10th, 2003 SCHWARZENEGGER CONVENES EDUCATION SUMMIT 
Arnold Schwarzenegger convened his education summit today in San Jose –
bringing together two dozen leaders representing teachers, school district
administrators, higher education officials and business leaders – to
discuss new ideas and initiatives to improve California’s public schools.
“I am happy to report that we had a very productive meeting,”
Schwarzenegger told reporters after the session. “As all of you know,
education is near and dear to my heart. It has always been a passion of
mine.
“I feel we have such potential in California to have the greatest
educational system in the world,” Schwarzenegger said. “But the facts
speak for themselves. Our schools are falling apart, our students don’t
have the textbooks they deserve, and according to the U.S. Department of
Education, 75 percent of our fourth and eighth graders are not proficient
in reading and writing.”
“The bottom line is we need to reform the way Sacramento runs education in
California,” Schwarzenegger said. “Mediocrity is unacceptable. California
was once known for its outstanding educational system. And with the
correct leadership, it can be once again.”
The 24 participants in Schwarzenegger’s education summit were:
The Honorable Richard Riordan (Co-Chairman) – Former Mayor of Los Angeles,
founding member of the LEARN school reform effort, founding board member of
L.A.’s BEST (Better Educated Students for Tomorrow) after-school program,
and founder of the Riordan Foundation – established to help children learn
to read and write.
Jennifer Andaluz – Co-founder and Executive Director of Downtown College
Preparatory. Began her career as a history teacher in large public
schools, and has worked closely with administrators and teachers in
school-wide initiatives designed to improve the academic performance of
underachieving students.
Leon Beauchman – Area Manager of External Affairs for SBC Communications,
chair of Cultural Connections, the African Spirit in America, member of the
San Jose/Silicon Valley NAACP, and member of 100 Black Men of Silicon
Valley.
Jim Cuneen – President and CEO of the San Jose/Silicon Valley Chamber of
Commerce, and former California State Assemblyman.
Adam Escoto – Principal of Horace Mann Elementary School in San Jose.
Educator and community leader for more than 30 years.
Jaime Escalante – Retired mathematics teacher, host of PBS’ Futures with
Jaime Escalante, recipient of Presidential Medal for Excellence awarded by
President Ronald Reagan, and subject of the 1988 film Stand and Deliver.
John J. Fisher – President of Pisces, Inc, and founding partner of Sansome
Partners, a private equity investment group.
Tom Goodman – Former Executive Director of the Indiana Urban Schools
Association, former school district superintendent, and consultant to
Quality Schools International.
Dave Gordon – Superintendent of the Elk Grove Unified School District.
Michael L. Hardman – Associate Dean for Research in the College of
Education, as well as Department Chair and Professor of Special Education,
at the University of Utah. Also serves as the Chief Educational Advisor to
the Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation in Washington, D.C.
Bill Hauck – President of the California Business Roundtable, Chairman of
the California State University Board of Trustees, and chairman of
California Business for Education Excellence.
Lisa Graham Keegan – Chief Executive Officer of Education Leaders Council,
a Washington, D.C.-based education reform organization, and former state
Superintendent of Public Instruction in Arizona.
John Liechty – Associate Superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School
District.
Elizabeth Lowe – Children’s activist and Vice Chairman of First Five LA,
Los Angeles County’s Proposition 10 commission.
Jeannine Martineau – President of the California School Boards Association
(CSBA), and school board member in the Lake Elsinore Unified School
District.
Randy Martino – Teacher at Moreland Middle School in Campbell.
Peter G. Mehas – Superintendent of Schools for the Fresno County Office of
Education, and former chief advisor to Governor George Deukmejian on
public, private postsecondary, and vocational education.
Linda Murray – Superintendent of Schools for the San Jose Unified School
District.
John Oblak – President of Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont, and
former Vice President for Student Affairs and Campus Life at Ithaca
College.
William G. Ouchi – Sanford and Betty Sigoloff Professor in Corporate
Renewal at UCLA’s Anderson Graduate School of Management, and former Vice
Dean of the graduate school.
Felicia Quarles – Principal of Edison-Bethune Charter School in Fresno.
Eunice Kennedy Shriver – Founder and Honorary Chair of the Special
Olympics, and Executive Vice President of the Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.
Foundation – which seeks to prevent mental retardation by identifying its
causes and improve the means by which society deals with citizens who have
mental retardation.
Caprice Young – Chief Executive Officer of the California State Charter
School Association, and former board member of the Los Angeles Unified
School District.
Karen Young – Second Vice President of the Sacramento City Unified School
District Board of Education.
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