2008 Fellowship Symposium
Education Reform and State Government:
The Role of Tests, Expectations, Funding and Failure
Friday, October 3, 2008
The Program on Law and State Government welcomes you to learn more about how states are responding to the changing needs of students and our communities by your participation in the upcoming 2008 Fellowship Symposium.
This year’s symposium, addressing education reform, presents the culmination of ideas, research and work of the 2008 Program on Law & State Government (PLSG) Fellows, Jonelle Redelman and Anderson Sanders. Across the country, states continue to struggle with issues of education funding, high school graduation rates, the meaning and function of standardized test scores, matching educational requirements to changing work force needs, recidivism, and issues of adequacy with respect to public education's role in a democracy.
Symposium Agenda:
| 8:30 – 9:00 | Registration and Coffee |
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| 9:00 – 9:15 | Welcome and Introductory Remarks The Law’s Response to Success and Failure: Education Reform in Focus Professor Cynthia Baker Director, Program on Law and State Government |
| 9:15 – 9:35 | Fellowship Address Kids Who Fail: State Governments’ Response to Failure Jonelle Redelman Fellow, Program on Law and State Government |
| 9:35 – 10:20 | Litigation Impacting States’ High Stakes Testing Mandates Professor Michael Heise Professor of Law, Cornell Law School |
| 10:20 – 10:30 | Break / Refreshments |
| 10:30 – 11:15 | High School Exit Examinations and Educational and Labor Market Success Professor John Robert Warren Professor of Sociology, University of Minnesota |
| 11:15 – 12:00 | High School Exit Examinations: The Indiana Experience Kevin McDowell General Counsel, Indiana Department of Education |
| 12:00 – 1:10 | Lunch |
| 1:10 – 1:30 | Fellowship Address Educating Incarcerated Kids: Lowering Double Digit Recidivism Anderson Sanders Fellow, Program on Law and State Government |
| 1:30 – 2:15 | Providing an Education in the Juvenile Justice System: Challenges and Successes Angel Marks, J.D., RN Attorney, Marion County Public Defender Agency and Special Education Advocate, Indiana Juvenile Justice Task Force |
| 2:15 – 2:25 | Break / Refreshments |
| 2:25 – 3:25 | Panel Discussion Improving Indiana: Creating a Better System for Educating Incarcerated Youth
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| 3:25 – 3:30 | Closing Remarks Cynthia Baker Director, Program on Law and State Government |
There is a fee to attend this symposium. The symposium will carry 5 hours of CLE credit.
- Free parking will be available on a first-come, first-served basis in the surface lot immediately west of the law school building (lot 85).
- Individuals with disabilities who need special assistance, please call (317) 278-3400.
- Special arrangements can be made to accommodate most needs.
We welcome all questions and comments...
Program on Law and State Government
IU School of Law - Indianapolis
530 West New York Street
Indianapolis, Indiana 46202-3225
TEL: 317-278-2357
FAX: 317-274-8901
E-MAIL: cabaker@iupui.edu
