About the California Campaign

California Campaign Prospectus | Committee List | Organization Chart

In 2011, the Campaign for the Civic Missions of Schools released it's report Guardian of Democracy: The Civic Mission of Schools, this new report provides research-based evidence of the decline in civic learning in American schools and presents six proven practices that should be at the heart of every school's approach to civic learning.

The California Campaign is an effort to apply the goals and recommendations outlined the report to strengthen civic education in California's public schools. The Center for Civic Education joins Constitutional Rights Foundation in this effort.

EDUCATION COMMITTEE MEMBERS

David W. Gordon--Co-Chair
Superintendent
Sacramento County Office of Education
  Darline P. Robles--Co-Chair
Professor Clinical Education
University of Southern California

LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS
Magdalena Mejia Carrillo, Superintendent, Sacramento City Unified School District
John Casey, Superintendent, Pleasanton Unified School District
Leslie Fausset, Superintendent, Poway Unified School District
Tom Giugni, School Superintendent (Retired)
Bill Hatcher, Superintendent (Retired), Kern High School District
Joan McRobbie, Ethics Officer, San Diego Unified School District
Michael Matsuda, Teacher, Anaheim Union High School District
Rob Williams, Principal, Fairview Elementary School, Modesto City School District

STATE GOVERNMENT
Fred Miller, Senior Manager, Court Consulting Services, Administrative Office of the Courts
Karen Viscia, Project Manager, Office of Court Research, Administrative Office of the Courts
Debbie Genzer, Promising and Effective Programs Unit Administrative Office of the Courts

STATE PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Mary Bergan, President, California Federation of Teachers
David A. Sanchez, President, California Teachers Association
Pam Brady, President, California State PTA
Jill Gordon, President, California Council for the Social Studies
Scott Plotkin, President, California School Boards Association
Mike Ricketts, California County Superintendents Educational Services Association
Bob Wells, Executive Director, Association of California School Administrators

COUNTY OFFICES OF EDUCATION
Bill Cirone, Superintendent, Santa Barbara County Office of Education
Gary F. Dei Rossi, Assistant Superintendent, San Joaquin County Office of Education
Michelle M. Herczog, Consultant, History/Social Science, Los Angeles County Office of Education
Peg Hill, State Lead, California Three Rs Project
Michael Hulsizer, Administrator, Kern County Office of Education
Sheila Jordan, Superintendent, Alameda County Office of Education
Cricket F.L. Kidwell, Assistant Superintendent, Curriculum & Instruction, Trinity County Office of Education
John Minkler, Program Coordinator, Fresno County Office of Education
Laurie M. Mosier, History-Social Science Coordinator, San Diego County Office of Education
Joseph A. Ovick, Superintendent, Contra Costa County Office of EducationLarry E. Reider, Superintendent, Kern County Office of Education

FEDERAL JUDICIARY
Hon. Frank C. Damrell Jr., U.S. District Judge, United States Court House

EDUCATION LEADERS
Hon. Delaine Eastin, Davis, California
Diane Hart, Senior Author, Teachers' Curriculum Institute
Carol S. Katzman, Los Angeles, California

HIGHER EDUCATION
Season Eckardt, Administrative Director of Community Service Learning, California State University, Office of the Chancellor
Thomas Ehrlich, Senior Scholar, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
Elaine Ikeda, Executive Director, California Campus Compact
Mary Kirlin, Assistant Professor, California State University, Sacramento
Nancy McTygue, Executive Director, California History-Social Science Project
Kolleen Ostgaard, Associate Director, Center for California Studies, California State University Sacramento
Harry Pachon, President, Tomas Rivera Policy Institute
John Rogers, Associate Director, Institute for Democracy Education & Access - UCLA

YOUTH AND YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS
Carole MacNeil, State Director, UC 4H Youth Development Program
Richard Prosser, Executive Director, The Junior Statesmen Foundation
June Thompson, Executive Director, California Association of Student Councils

NON PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
Margaret Branson, Associate Director, Center for Civic Education
Bernadette Chi, Research Consultant
Thomas "Tac" A. Craven, Attorney; Board Member, Center for Civic Education
Marshall Croddy, Vice President, Constitutional Rights Foundation

John H. Hale, Associate Director, Center for Civic Education
Christian Johnson, Program Director, Arsalyn Program, Ludwick Family Foundation
John Kehoe, Past President, Center for Youth Citizenship
John Larmer, Associate Director of Program Development, Buck Institute for Education
Joanna Lennon, Executive Director, East Bay Conservation Corps
Charles Quigley, Executive Director, Center for Civic Education

PUBLISHING
Jana Flores, National Sales Specialist/West Region, Glencoe, McGraw-Hill


 

For more information, please contact:

Marshall Croddy
Vice President
Constitutional Rights Foundation
(213) 316-2113 Fax (213) 386-0459

Carol Hatcher
Associate Director
Center for Civic Education
(661) 399-2198 Fax (661) 399-2193

 

 


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A project of Constitutional Rights Foundation in collaboration with the
Center for Civic Education and the Alliance for Representative Democracy.
This project is made possible by generous grants from the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the Skirball Foundation