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LWV League of Women Voters of California
San Mateo County, CA November 6, 2001 Election
 Smart Voter Peter H. Hanley

Candidate for
Board Member; San Mateo Union High School District

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Biographical Highlights
  • Occupation: Business Management Consultant
  • 25 years experience in business and government
  • 5 years volunteer teacher, SMUHSD, Junior Achievement
  • 15 years strategic planning experience, including as a director at Institute for the Future, Menlo Park
  • U.S. Embassy, Commercial Attache, Beijing, China
  • M.A. International Affairs, Geo. Washington University
  • Board Member, Commonwealth Club of California, Silicon Valley; WildAid (International Wildlife Conservation)
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Top Priorities if Elected
  • Reform the high school model so that it serves all students, not just those at the top.
  • Assure a diploma means competence in reading, writing, and mathematics for every graduate.
  • Link high school more closely with work, especially in the junior and senior years. Establish specialized academies with internships in business.
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Key Endorsements
  • San Mateo County Times
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Position Papers
Toward an Education System for the Knowledge Economy
My detailed analysis, published last year, calling for new directions to serve our 21st Century needs. We need new models, more options, a refocused teaching profession, high standards with great expectations and intense remedial intervention, and reduced bureaucracy, but more accountability.

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Citizens Asked to Willingly Suspend Their Disbelief
My December 1, 2000 guest editorial in the San Jose Business Journal. Recent test results are grossly misleading and do not represent the renaissance we need in education.
Ignore the Bellow's of Education's Sacred Cows
My October 27, 2000 guest editorial in the San Francisco Business Times on the mythic value and genuine high cost of the current teacher credentialing system. We need to upgrade teaching substantially, but we do that through substantial changes in training and hiring teachers.
 
Campaign Contact Information
Website: http://hometown.aol.com/peterhanley
E-mail: peterhanley@aol.com
Phone: 650-522-8436
Address:
1033 Shoreline Drive
San Mateo, CA 94404


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