San Jose, CA (December 14, 2011) -- The Santa Clara County Office of Education will hold its SJ2020 Annual Report/"2020 Vision" Awards on January 19, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. at the County Office, according to Santa Clara County Superintendent Dr. Charles Weis.
The SJ2020 Annual Report Event will be jointly hosted by the Santa Clara County Office of Education and the City of San Jose.
Schools from all over the Santa Clara County will be recognized for their success in closing the achievement gap.
Program Director for Special Projects Don Bolce said, "In the ten months since the announcement of the SJ2020 Initiative, the Santa Clara County Office of Education, has engaged in a variety of activities designed to move the initiative forward."
Under this initiative, its vision is for the City of San Jose, the Santa Clara County Office of Education, school districts, charter schools, colleges and businesses and non-profit community agencies to join together to eliminate the achievement gap in San Jose by year 2020.
The achievemnent gap refers to the disparity in academic performance between two groups: the lower-performing Hispanic/Latino and African-American students and higher-performing Asian and White/non-Hispanic students.
Featured speakers will be San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed and Dr. Weis.
For more information, contact Don_Bolce@sccoe.org or call tel. 408-453-6877.
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