Stand Up Organization

The following article was written by STAND UP’s deputy director, Dr. Aisha Lowe. After reading the article please visit http://www.sacramentopress.com/headline/62970/Making_the_Impossible_Possible to like the article. Thank you! In the Mayor’s “State of the City” address he focused on two important and interconnected areas: jobs and education. The Mayor also spoke about making the impossible possible, a message [...]

 Sacramento has spoken loudly that we want education reform. Now, you will have the chance to tell Michelle Rhee, founder of StudentsFirst, and Mayor Kevin Johnson, the changes that you want to see.  STAND UP invites you to attend “A Conversation with Sacramento About Education,” one of five stops on a statewide listening tour sponsored [...]

“All students should read at grade level by the end of third grade.” Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson visited the Northwest this week on behalf of our friends at the League of Education Voters promoting this simple but important idea. It’s a simple, important, and powerful message that is central to his Stand Up campaign in [...]

The STAND UP meeting on October 17th was a great event that drew in almost 300 people from all over northern California. The event opened with a performance by Sacramento High School students Keiona Williamson and Janera Montero; they discussed the struggles for African Americans and Latinos in the education system. Eric Lerum, the Vice [...]

Thank you for attending Parents Deserve Choices, featuring Co-founder of the Knowledge is Power Program, and Superintendent of KIPP Houston, Mike Feinberg. It was a wonderful event that enforced the message that Sacramento must be at the forefront of providing greater public school options to all kids in Sacramento. The audience also got to enjoy [...]

Come see Mike Feinberg, one of the men who started the Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP) at this month’s monthly meeting on September 28th!

Third-graders, prepare to read. A new citywide effort kicking off today aims to increase literacy among Sacramento kids so they are reading at grade level by the end of third grade. “That’s a critical age where kids go from learning to read, to reading to learn,” said Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, who will showcase the [...]

In a bid to help more students read proficiently in 3rd grade—a skill considered critical to their future educational success—new laws and initiatives springing up around the country require educators to step up their efforts to identify and help struggling readers even before they enter kindergarten. It’s not unusual for states or school districts to [...]

From the spate of anti-charter school legislation coming out of the state Assembly, you wouldn’t know that California once was on the leading edge of the public charter school movement. In 1992, the state became the second in the country to enact charter school legislation. Today, with 910 charter schools, California has the most of [...]

The Guild Theater in Oak Park was host to a forum attended by some of the biggest and most controversial names in education reform Friday evening. The event was organized by Stand Up Sacramento, a non-profit group chaired by Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, and featured speakers such as Michelle Rhee, former chancellor of public schools [...]