About the California Campaign

California Campaign Prospectus | Committee List | Advisory Board | Subcommitties | Organization Chart

In 2001, the Carnegie Foundation of New York and the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) convened a distinguished group of educators, researchers, and scholars to study the problem of civic education in America and make recommendations for its improvement. In their report, The Civic Mission of Schools, the panel identified four goals of civic education and recommended six promising approaches to improve it.

The California Campaign is an effort to apply the goals and recommendations outlined in The Civic Mission of Schools 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
Superintendent
Los Angeles County Office of Education

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

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, Director of 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 Education
Larry 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, Director, The History Project; Interim 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
Don Hill, Division Director, Youth Service California
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
John H. Hale,  Associate Director, Center for Civic Education
Julie Chavez Rodriquez,  President, Cesar E. Chavez Foundation
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


ADVISORY BOARD

John F. Cooke - Chair
Western Territories Group, LLC

Reveta Bowers
Head of School, Center For Early Education

The Honorable Warren Christopher
Senior Partner, O'Melveny & Myers

Karl Dorrell
Head Coach, UCLA Football

Brad M. Freeman
Partner, Freeman Spogli & Co.

Luis Nogales
President, Nogales Investors

The Honorable Pete Wilson
Of Counsel, Bingham McCutchen

 

For more information, please contact:

Todd Clark
Constitutional Rights Foundation
(213) 316-2103 Fax (213) 386-0459
Carol Hatcher
Associate Director
Center for Civic Education
(661) 399-2198 Fax (661) 399-2193

 

 



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