Changing LA, School to School Steve Barr Thursday, November 17, 2005 8:00pm, Beckman Institute Auditorium, Caltech This event is free and open to the public; no tickets or reservations are required.

Biography

Steve Barr founded Green Dot Public Schools in 1999 with the vision of transforming secondary education in California by creating a number of high performing charter high schools using available public dollars. Under Mr. Barr's leadership, Green Dot built one of the first comprehensive public high schools in the Los Angeles area in the last 30 years and now operates five high schools serving over 1500 students. In addition to leading Green Dot, Mr. Barr is a State Board of Education appointee to the Advisory Commission on Charter Schools. Mr. Barr is also a founding member of the Charter Leadership Council and Small Schools Alliance.

Prior to founding Green Dot, Mr. Barr has been active in politics throughout his professional career, serving on the national campaigns of President Clinton, Senator Gary Hart and Governor Michael Dukakis, and as a finance chair for the Democratic Party. In 1990, Mr. Barr co-founded Rock The Vote, which led the way to the first upward surge in 18-24 year old voting since the passage of the 26th Amendment. Mr. Barr hosted President Clinton's National Service Inaugural event, which led to the creation of Americorps. He then oversaw an Americorps after school program project in South Central and East Los Angeles, which focused on helping single mothers transition off of welfare.

For more information about Barr and Green Dot Schools, go to the Green Dot website: http://www.greendotpublicschools.org/.