Kevin Johnson helps drive to boost schools

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By Laurel Rosenhall –Bee Staff Writer
Published 2:15 am PDT Thursday, April 20, 2006
Story appeared in Metro section, Page B4

SACRAMENTO - Kevin Johnson, the former NBA player who runs two Sacramento= charter schools, has been named spokesman for a new national campaign to improve high schools and boost student achievement.

The "Stand Up" public-awareness campaign is sponsore= d by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and includes print and television advertising, events around the country and a Web site with resources for parents and community organizers.

One of dozens of organizations across the country participating in the Gates-funded effort is the Sacramento nonprofit Linking Education= and Economic Development, which has collaborated with the Sacramento City Unified School District and the Gates Foundation to reform t= he district's high schools.

For more information on the Stand Up campaign, visit the Web s= ite: www.standup.org.

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