Steve Barr (educator)

Steve Barr
Barr in 2010
Personal details
Born (1959-07-25) July 25, 1959 (age 65)[1]
CitizenshipAmerican
SpouseTeresa Wierzbianska
ResidenceLos Angeles, California
EducationUniversity of California, Santa Barbara
OccupationEducator
Activist
Author
Known forGreen Dot Public Schools (founder)
Rock the Vote (co-founder)
Future is Now (founder)

Steve Barr (born July 25, 1959) is an educator, political activist, and author, best known as a co-founder of Rock the Vote and founder of Green Dot Public Schools, a charter school organization in Los Angeles, California. He led Green Dot from 2000 to 2009. Barr also founded Future is Now Schools, a non-profit school organization that works on reforming schools from within.

Barr worked on the presidential campaigns of two Democratic Party candidates in the 1980s and served as Finance Chairman of the California Democratic Party. After having worked on school reform for many years, in June 2016 Steve Barr announced his candidacy for the 2017 Los Angeles mayoral election, challenging incumbent mayor Eric Garcetti,[2][3] before withdrawing from the race.

Early life and education

Steve Barr was born in San Mateo, California in 1959.[4] His father left the family when Barr was two years old.[5] Barr and his younger brother were raised by a single mother.[6][7]

Barr spent his early childhood in Monterey, California, where his mother worked as a dental assistant and cocktail waitress. When he was six, Barr and his younger brother were placed in foster care for a year.[4] In 1973, the family moved to Cupertino, California where he and his brother attended Cupertino High School.[5] At Cupertino High, Barr played on the basketball team and was elected student body president.[8]

Barr attended community college and later transferred to University of California, Santa Barbara, where he graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in political science in 1982.[9][10][11] During his college years, Barr joined the Teamsters and worked as a truck loader at United Parcel Service.[7] During this time he became more politically active, founding the UCSB chapter of College Democrats and interning for then-governor Jerry Brown.[12]

Professional life

Political activism

After receiving his degree, Barr was hired to organize events for the 1984 Summer Olympics Torch Relay. He recounts this period of his life in his memoir The Flame: An Unlikely Patriot Finds a Country to Love.[11] That year, he joined the national staff of then-Senator Gary Hart's presidential campaign.[11] In the next presidential cycle in 1988, he worked for Governor Michael Dukakis' campaign.[13] During this time, Barr also served as the finance chairman for the California Democratic Party.[14]

In 1990, Barr co-founded Rock the Vote, a national campaign to boost youth voter turnout and engage young people in the democratic process.[7]

Green Dot Public Schools

Barr was influenced by meeting Reed Hastings, education activist and founder of Netflix, and Don Shalvey, the founder of California's first charter school, the San Carlos Learning Center, in Northern California. At an event in 1997, President Bill Clinton announced a federally funded public charter school grant program.

As a result, Barr founded his flagship organization, Green Dot Public Schools, and opened his first charter high school, Animo Leadership High School in Lennox, California in 2000. He later opened subsequent schools, including Animo Inglewood in 2002 and Animo Oscar de la Hoya in Boyle Heights in 2004. By the end of Barr's involvement at Green Dot, his organization was operating 20 public schools under his auspice. He left Green Dot in 2009.

Campaign for Mayor of Los Angeles

On June 27, 2016, Barr announced his candidacy for the 2017 Los Angeles mayoral election, challenging incumbent mayor Eric Garcetti.[2][3] On his campaign's website, Barr wrote:

I'm running for mayor of Los Angeles to disrupt the political establishment and turn our city around. Together, we're building a grassroots movement to transform L.A.'s schools, end the homelessness and affordability crisis, and fight for a city where every family can thrive.

— Steve Barr, Campaign website, June 27, 2016 [3][15]

Barr dropped out of the mayoral race.[16]

References

  1. ^ "The Birth of Steven Barr". californiabirthindex.org. Archived from the original on 29 May 2024. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b Jamison, Peter; Blume, Howard (June 27, 2016). "Charter school founder Steve Barr to challenge Garcetti in 2017". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
  3. ^ a b c Roderick, Kevin (June 27, 2016). "Steve Barr says he's in for run against Garcetti". LA Observed. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
  4. ^ a b McGray, Douglas (May 11, 2009). "The Instigator". The New Yorker. Retrieved June 7, 2016.
  5. ^ a b Bermudez, Caroline (April 5, 2016). "Post navigation Steve Barr on weighing a mayoral run and what education reform is getting wrong". LA School Report. Retrieved June 7, 2016.
  6. ^ Lewis, Judith (December 6, 2006). "The Secret of His Success". LA Weekly. Retrieved June 7, 2016.
  7. ^ a b c Maxwell, Lesli A. (November 6, 2006). "Charter School Activist Gains New Influence in L.A." Education Week. Retrieved June 7, 2016.
  8. ^ Merl, Jean (October 10, 2005). "Charter School Crusader Makes Waves in L.A." Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 7, 2016.
  9. ^ Perman, Stacy (April 2005). "Learning Curve". Los Angeles. pp. 50–57. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
  10. ^ "Gaucho Alumni in Politics Visit UCSB". thebottomline.as.ucsb.edu. October 18, 2011. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
  11. ^ a b c Sanchez, Claudio (December 17, 2007). "Private Takeover of L.A. Schools Gets Results". NPR. Retrieved June 7, 2016.
  12. ^ Weinstein, Steve (August 27, 1994). "'Call' to Turn On, Tune In and Speak Up". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 7, 2016.
  13. ^ Sand, Larry (November 20, 2009). "We're All Right-Wing Bastards Now". City Journal. Retrieved June 7, 2016.
  14. ^ Teixeira, Steve (September 2005). "Takeover Vultures Stalk L.A.'s Jefferson High". People's Tribune. Retrieved June 7, 2016.
  15. ^ "Steve Barr for Mayor". Campaign website. June 27, 2016. Archived from the original on October 5, 2016. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
  16. ^ Smith, Dakota (9 December 2016). "Charter school head Steve Barr drops out of L.A.'s mayoral race, clearing Garcetti's path for reelection". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 19 February 2020.

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