In today's business environment, technological advances and the emergence of a truly global community bring together opportunities and challenges that are difficult to imagine. Consequently, our public schools must accept the challenge to prepare all students equally for the changes of the 21st century and the San Diego business community has assumed its responsibility to improve San Diego's public education. We recognize that if San Diego is to maintain its reputation as America’s finest city and if our region is to continue to be one of innovative entrepreneurship and prosperity, we must fortify our educational system.

Our children’s education is the top public policy issue in San Diego County where the Business Roundtable for Education has been engaged for over ten years in improving the quality of education through our core initiatives and by leveraging resources. We set out initially to improve student achievement by moving the target of the K-12 education system from measuring inputs to measuring progress over time. The Roundtable advocated systemic changes within the educational system necessary to improve performance and to monitor and assess progress. In these initial policy objectives, the Roundtable has made substantial progress. Policymakers now agree on the need for high standards of academic achievement for all students, meaningful assessment tools to measure progress in meeting those standards and accountability for results applicable to all students, teachers and schools. However, we have yet to see promising gains in student achievement. And that is where the Roundtable is focusing its considerable resources.

As the primary advocate for education excellence in San Diego, we speak as the voice of business to improve education for our children – the future workforce of our region. We can only fulfill that goal through effective public awareness and support. You can help us by becoming a member of the Business Roundtable for Education or making a donation to provide support for one of our initiatives.

Please allow yourself a few minutes to become acquainted with the Business Roundtable for Education, an organization that is truly devoted to improving the situation for the children in our local public schools. Through our Web site, you will learn more about our organization, who we are, what we strive for, and also how your support will directly assist us in achieving San Diego’s top educational objectives.