The next Newport/Mesa and Huntington Beach unit meeting of The League of Women Voters will host Chapman University Professor Emeritus in Education, Kenneth Tye, speaking on the educational preparedness of our nation's students - a comparative analysis between the American school system and those of other competitive nations. What must our students learn today in order to become savvy about future technologies ? What can we learn from the school systems in other advanced nations that could make our students more competitive?

Professor Tye comes to us with an extensive background in writing and lecturing on education issues. He will share some of his recommendations for change as he addresses the questions we have raised here and those from you at our meeting.

Don't miss this highly informative and thought provoking event.

Topic: A Betrayal of the Public Trust Speaker: Shirley Grindle, community activist, former OC Planning Commission Chair Known as Orange County's Watchdog since 1978, Shirley has overseen the Campaign Disclosure Statements filed by County candidates and by candidates running in Orange and Anaheim. Grindle's activism led to the landmark 1978 campaign-reform ordinance -- most often referred to as TINCUP, for Time Is Now, Clean Up Politics.