San Jose’s five mayoral candidates will square off on education issues at a public forum 10:30 a.m. to noon Saturday that will be live streamed at www.mercurynews.com/opinion.

The event sponsored by the Silicon Valley Education Foundation and moderated by Mercury News editorial page editor Barbara Marshman will be held at Santana Row in the median park between Left Bank Brasserie and the Village California Bistro near the life-size chess board. Participating will be Santa Clara County Supervisor Dave Cortese and San Jose City Council members Rose Herrera, Sam Liccardo, Madison Nguyen and Pierluigi Oliverio.