March 25: IDEA research Director Sophie Fanelli leads education workshop at Sacramento budget conference
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March 25, 2010
Sacramento Convention Center
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The 3Rs: Recession, Recovery, Reform – What’s in Store for California
Morning Workshops
Balancing Justice and Resources in California’s Correctional System
Kara Dansky, executive director, Stanford Criminal Justice Center and Lecturer in Law, Stanford
University
Once More With Feeling…Key Staffers Look at the 2010-11 Budget Debate
Christian Griffith, chief consultant, Assembly Budget Committee
Seren Taylor, staff director, Senate Republican Fiscal Office
Is Help on the Way: What Can We Expect From Washington in 2010?
Edwin Park, senior fellow, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
LaDonna Pavetti, director, Welfare Reform and Income Support Division, Center on Budget and Policy
Priorities
Talking Taxes: What Makes for a Good Tax System?
Robert Tannenwald, senior fellow, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Educational Opportunities in Hard Times
Sophie Fanelli, director of research, UCLA Institute for Democracy, Education, & Access (IDEA)
Jonathan Kaplan, policy analyst, California Budget Project
Everything You Hoped You’d Never Have To Know About Financial Markets and How They
Ought To Be Regulated
David Min, Associate Director for Financial Markets Policy, Center for American Progress
Afternoon Workshops
Welfare Reform That Works
LaDonna Pavetti, director, Welfare Reform and Income Support Division, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Scott Graves, senior policy analyst, California Budget Project
Opening the Gates: Strengthening Basic Skills Education and the State’s Economy
Barbara Baran, senior fellow, California Budget Project
Linda Collins, executive director, Career Ladders Project
Debra Jones, administrator, Adult Education Office, California Department of Education
Vicky Lovell, senior policy analyst, California Budget Project
What Works? And What Doesn’t? Evaluating the Effectiveness of Tax Expenditures
Robert Tannenwald, senior fellow, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Revived, Resuscitated, and Revisited: What Will Health Reform Mean for California?
Beth Capell, legislative advocate, Health Access
Edwin Park, senior fellow, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Searching for Balance: The Social and Economic Context of the Governor’s Proposed 2010-11 Budget
Jean Ross, executive director, California Budget Project
Is It Over Yet? Is the Economy on the Road to Recovery?
Alissa Anderson, deputy director, California Budget Project
David Min, Associate Director for Financial Markets Policy, Center for American Progress