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Jeannie Oakes, Founder and Former Director
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A newsfeed on the most current research, news, and events at IDEA.
April 15: More than 600 LA students visit UCLA for real-life applications of computer science
Funded by a $2.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation, the field trip is an extension of the partnership between UCLA and LAUSD that addresses the lack of quality computer science education at high school levels and even greater disparities among schools with large numbers of students of color.
April 8: Director John Rogers quoted in LA Weekly on California's 'Race to the Top' rejection
Though California applied, it was not among the finalists for President Obama's $4 billion school improvement initiative. In the first round of Race to the Top, only two states--Delaware and Tennessee--were awarded funding. With the application deadline approaching for second-round funding, questions arise about California's chances.
From LA Weekly's "California's Big Whiff on Education-Reform Money":
Help from the feds would be welcome, but for California to win the money "presumes that you have some good things already in place," says John Rogers, director of UCLA's Institute for Democracy Education and Access. Race to the Top funding is essentially "venture capital to try out new ideas. That theory doesn't hold well in places like California, where the infrastructure itself is collapsing."
To read the full article, click here.
March 25: IDEA research Director Sophie Fanelli leads education workshop at Sacramento budget conference
Download the California Budget Project's 3R's: Recession, Recovery, Reform brochure here.
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
March 26: IDEA Director John Rogers briefs D.C. staffers
Rogers will meet on Friday with congressional staffers in Washington, D.C., briefing them on Educational Opportunities in Hard Times.
March 12, 2010: Council of Youth Research Community Hearing
The event will be held at the UCLA Downtown Labor Center. A reception with light refreshments will be held for all guests from 4:30pm to 5:30pm, and the student presentation will begin at 5:40pm.
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