ALL TICKETS ON SALE FOR
HIGH AND LOW FESTIVAL
FEATURING BRAND NEW, DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE,
TEGAN AND SARA
ALL TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE
May 30, 2017 - LOS ANGELES, CA - In case you missed it, tickets are officially on sale for the inaugural High and Low Festival, a full day concert experience featuring headliners Brand New, Death Cab For Cutie, Tegan and Sara, Live Comedy by The Hard Times and more to come! Fans can buy tickets to the event, taking place on Saturday, September 9th at the NOS Events Center in San Bernadino, CA here.
In addition to General Admission Tickets, there are a select amount of VIP Passes available with perks including:
Already being buzzed about on social media and in press outlets like Consequence of Sound, Rocksound, Alternative Press, Brooklyn Vegan and more, this is sure to be a day you won't want to miss. For more information, please visit www.highandlowfest.com.
High and Low Festival comes from the mind of Andy Serrao, producer of many successful Southern California festivals and owner of Chain Reaction. A reflection of both Serrao's personal listening tastes and the very nature of music, he says the festival's name has multiple meanings. "Sonically, music has highs and lows, and emotional highs and lows, and with the California topography, we have the mountains, the desert and the ocean," says Serrao. "The name High & Low fit for us, with the vision for where we wanted to go. Great music has got me through every aspect of my life. With every high and every low, came a soundtrack in my head that defined my life. This festival is a good representation of artists that do this for myself, and tons of other people."
Follow High and Low Festival on social media for day-to-day updates on the festival:
https://www.facebook.com/highandlowfest
https://twitter.com/highandlowfest
https://www.instagram.com/highandlowfest
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A PROMISE FULFILLED? CER leadership joined our friends at Thurgood Marshall Fund at the inaugural forum of the Center for Advancing Opportunity, whose mission is to develop sound policy to help the needs of fragile communities. These comments by Dr. Alonzo Smith, Professor of History, Montgomery College, sums up the discussion:
“Public Schools are the heart and soul of a democratic society, the job is to bring people together, and it hasn’t done that, it isn’t doing that. The public school system as a whole hasn’t delivered properly. Education, like the criminal justice system has this coercive thought mentality… we need to ask the questions of our schools that we ask about our prisons and courts.”
AN ASTOUNDING, TRAGIC, STAT: “Today 750,000 of incarcerated people have disabilities.” Jennifer Mizrahi, RespectAbility. RespectAbility is on the front lines in the battle to reduce stigmas, failed government policies, and other obstacles that deny people with disabilities the opportunity to achieve the American Dream.
CHARTERING IS SYSTEM CHANGE. Increasingly the charter community and its various tentacles are talking about the importance of charters needing or being required to share their best practices to help change traditional school systems. The argument among an increasing number of advocates is that charters must become better district partners, and visa versa. But this new piece by the charter concept’s original developer, Ted Kolderie posits that chartering is system change. Their ability (under some laws) to innovate and the pressure they cause are necessary for any change to be realized.
CHANGE REQUIRES EQUITY. And thanks to Legacy Charter School in South Carolina there will be more of that for all the state’s charters! A challenge to the U.S. Department of Education waged by the Greenville County charter school over the state’s distribution of Title 1 funding resulted in the federal department directing the state to require the district to redirect Title I support to Legacy due to its prior growth and expansion. Can anyone say ‘precedent?’
HATS OFF TO THE GRADUATES! We’ve been watching with pride all the graduations of students who have excelled in their schools of choice despite the odds:
Arizona Connections Academy celebrated the graduation of the 100 students of the Class of 2017.
100% of Harlem Village Academy’s seniors have been accepted to college. That’s great news for the New York City charter school. For more information about Harlem Village Academy, visit http://harlemvillageacademies.org/.
Founded in 1993, the Center for Education Reform aims to expand educational opportunities that lead to improved economic outcomes for all Americans — particularly our youth — ensuring that conditions are ripe for innovation, freedom and flexibility throughout U.S. education.
UTAH SENATE REQUESTS PUBLIC COMMENT ON SECOND DISTRICT COURT NOMINEE
SALT LAKE CITY - The Utah Senate Judicial Confirmation Committee is seeking public comment on Jennifer Valencia who was appointed to fill a vacancy on the Second District Court.
Those who desire to comment should contact Jerry Howe at the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel, Utah State Capitol Campus, House Building, Suite W210, PO Box 145210, Salt Lake City, Utah 84114-5210, by 5 p.m. on Wednesday June 12, 2017. All statements should include the respondent’s name, telephone number, and mailing address.
The Senate Judicial Confirmation Committee plans to hold a public hearing, then issue a recommendation to the full senate. If confirmed by the senate, Ms. Valencia will fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Scott Hadley.
The Second District Court covers Davis, Morgan and Weber counties.
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NOTES:
1. Members of the 2017 Judicial Confirmation Committee are Senator Todd Weiler (Chair), Senator Jim Dabakis, Senator Lyle Hillyard, Senator Peter Knudson, Senator Karen Mayne, Senator Brian Shiozawa, and Senator Kevin Van Tassell.
2. Senate Judicial Confirmation Committee information is available on the committee page.
http://le.utah.gov/asp/interim/Commit.asp?Year=2017&Com=SPESJC
3. The governor's press release announcing Valencia’s nomination is archived at
http://www.utah.gov/governor/news_media/
