13th Sally Loyd Casanova Distinguished Alumni Lecture

Claremont Graduate University and

Claremont McKenna College Alumnus

Carlos García

Superintendent, San Francisco Unified School District

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

7:30 p.m.

Albrecht Auditorium

Civil Rights and the Achievement Gap:

Strategic Planning for Social Justice

Since 1964, when the Civil Rights Act was signed into law, public school systems across the country have, despite valiant efforts, been unsuccessful at bridging the achievement gap.  Carlos García calls this gap the greatest civil rights issue in America.  Mr. García will speak about San Francisco Unified School District’s strategic plan that dares to diminish the predictive power of demographics and to make social justice a reality by igniting a civil rights movement in every school across the city.

This lecture is free and open to the public. 

For more information, visit www.cgu.edu/ses or call the School of Educational Studies at 909-621-8075.