Community Forum on the "Future of Public Education" - September 10th at Mount Mary University

You are cordially invited to attend a community conversation on the “Future of Public Education” to be held on September 10th from 7 - 9 pm at Helfaer Hall at Mount Mary University.

Come and learn about challenges that public education is facing in Wisconsin, and bring your ideas for increasing support for public education.

Join the discussion that will follow the panel presentations A panel of experts — State Senator and Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor John Lehman (a former high school history and economics teacher), Wauwatosa West High School math teacher Cathy Razner, Milwaukee School Board member and “Rethinking Schools” editor
Larry Miller, former Institute for Wisconsin’s Future Research Director
 Jack Norman and Forward Institute Chairman Scott Wittkopf — will then
 weigh in with their own unique perspectives. Following the presentations there will be time for discussion led by Jeff Pertl, senior policy advisor at the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (and a graduate of Wauwatosa public schools).

You can register for this free event online by going to the Grassroots Tosa webpage: <http://www.grassrootstosa.org/grassroots_tosa_public_forum_the_future_of...

Event Co-sponsors: Grassroots Tosa;
Wisconsin Education Association Council, Region 7; the Milwaukee
Teachers’ Education Association; the American Federation of Teachers,
Local 212 and Local 212 Retirees Chapter; AFSCME District Council 48; AFSCME Local 305; Supermarket Legends; Wisconsin Jobs Now; and the Wisconsin State Council of​ Service Employees International Union.

For more information on this event contact: Peter Abbott 467-8757