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Our General Meetings are held on the 3rd Thursday of each month, except July & August, at Holder's Country Inn, 998 So. De Anza Blvd. in San Jose, CA 95129. In addition to an educational and inspiring Guest Speaker, our Program includes a delicious lunch. We begin with check-in and socializing at 11:30am, lunch is served at Noon, and we adjourn at 1:30pm. Cost of the Program is $28.00, payable to West Valley RWF. Please RSVP to our Hospitality hostess, Grace Russo, 408-499-1695 For further information, please contact us by email to westvalleyrwf@gmail.com.
OUR NEXT PROGRAM
FEBRUARY 20, 2020
WILLIAMSON M. EVERS
"PROBLEMS AND PERILS OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN CALIFORNIA”
Bill Evers is a Senior Fellow, Director of the Center on Educational Excellence, and Assistant Editor for The Independent Review: A Journal of Political Economy at the Independent Institute. Dr. Evers was the U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education for Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development from 2007 to 2009; Senior Adviser to U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings during 2007; and former Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution. In addition, he was a member of the Hoover Institution’s Koret Task Force on K-12 Education from its beginning in 1999 until it wrapped up in 2014. From July to December 2003, he served in Iraq as Senior Adviser for Education to Administrator L. Paul Bremer of the Coalition Provisional Authority.
Dr. Evers has also twice served as a member of the California State Academic Standards Commission (1996-1998; 2010) and the Santa Clara County Board of Education (2004-2007). He is past President of the Board of Directors of the East Palo Alto Charter School, a board on which he served from 1997 until 2004.
Dr. Evers headed the Trump-Pence transition team's agency review for the U.S. Department of Education. The review focused on policy, legal, organizational, and budgetary matters that would face the then-incoming administration.
Books he has edited include Testing Student Learning, Evaluating Teaching Effectiveness (with Herbert J. Walberg); Teacher Quality (with Lance Izumi); National Service; School Accountability (with Herbert J. Walberg); School Reform: The Critical Issues (with Lance Izumi and Pamela A. Riley); and What's Gone Wrong in America's Classrooms. He has written opinion columns that have appeared in Education Week, the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, and Christian Science Monitor.
Evers received his BA, MA and PhD degrees in political science from Stanford University. He is a visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science at Emory University; and Adjunct Associate Professor of Political Science at Santa Clara University.
Reserve early, and bring a friend!
Ladies & Gentlemen - all are welcome! Program Cost: $28.00 (includes program, lunch, tax & gratuity!) *** Make checks payable to ‘West Valley RWF’ *** and mail to: Grace Russo - 2393 Karen Dr., #3 - Santa Clara, CA 95050. Questions? Call Grace at 408-499-1695.gif)
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TIM ANAYA
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FEATURING
Julienne Davis - Actress, Artist, Activist
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THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2019
LAWRENCE McQUILLAN
The Independent Insitute
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THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2019
PETER KUO
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2019
DEBORAH LA FETRA
Pacific Legal Foundation
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2019
TOM DEL BECCARO
Author, Commentator, former CAGOP Chair
and the publisher of PoliticalVanguard.com
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DON JANS
Collectivism: Marxism, Communism,
Socialism, Fascism, & Progressivism
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2018
DR. GLORIA HOM
BALLOT MEASURES ANALYSIS
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West Valley RWF
President:
Mayme Abbott
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Jeanne Lakamp genie33@yahoo.com 2nd VP/Membership:
JoAnn Destro
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3rd VP/Ways & Means:
Lorene Milligan lorene717@earthlink.net Treasurer:
Mary Goodman
scarlet_goodman@sbcglobal.net Recording Secretary:
Kathy Topham Corresponding Secretary:
Jan Davis Director-At-Large:
Kay Young Newsletter Editor:
Bunny Hacker
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