CONFERENCE
PROGRAM |
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Sunday, April 2 -
Monday, April 3 |
Youth for Justice State Coordinators Meeting
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| Monday, April 3 |
| 12 noon |
Registration |
| 4:30 - 6:15 p.m. |
Opening Session:
Welcomes: Paula Frederick, President, Atlanta Bar Association
Moderator: Allan J. Tanenbaum, Chair, ABA Standing Committee on Public Education
Speaker: Diana Owen (Georgetown University/Political
Science) Rethinking Civic Participation in 21st Century
[Featured speaker will address the state of civic participation in the United States,
focusing on such questions as how and why the forms and levels of civic participation
changed over time, how changing demographics have influenced civic participation, and the
future opportunities for and obstacles to effective civic participation. Voting will be
addressed as one form of civic participation.
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| 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. |
Reception |
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| Tuesday, April 4 |
| 8:30 a.m. |
Registration and Exhibits |
| 9:00 - 10:30 a.m. |
Panel:
Do Families and Schools Supervise Young People Too Little or Too Much? A Dialogue about
Accountability, Responsibility, Privacy, and Law
Introduction: Mabel McKinney-Browning (American Bar Association)
Moderator: Michael Manley-Casimir (Brock University/School of Education)
Speakers: Deborah Belle (Boston University/Psychology)
Philip T. K. Daniel (Ohio State University/Law &
Education)[Panelists will offer different points of view on how much - families,
schools, and the community -- need to supervise, guide and direct young people aged 12-18.
These issues will be adressed both in the U.S. and internationally.]
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| 10:30-10:45 a.m. |
Coffee Break |
10:45 -
11:45 a.m. |
Workshops I [see tracks below]
- Curriculum & Teacher Development
- Juvenile Justice
- Civic Participation & Leadership
- Community Education
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12 noon -
1:30 p.m. |
Lunch and Program
"Highlighting Promising Practices from the President's Initiative on Race:
Atlanta-based Programs for/by Young People" Introduction: Annette Boyd Pitts
(Florida Law-Related Education Association)
Presenters: Deserine Fernandez, Bridging the Gap
Val Joseph, Inner Strength
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1:45 -
3:00 p.m. |
Panel
Civic Education in the United States and the World
Introduction: Todd Clark (Constitutional Rights Foundation)
Moderator: Carole Hahn (Emory University/School of Education)Speakers: William Kearney (Boys & Girls Clubs of America)
John Patrick (Indiana University/School of
Education)
Judith Torney-Purta (University of Maryland/Education
& Human Development)
[Are we “on-track” compared with other fields? With other countries? A
discussion of the 1998 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) results for
teaching and learning in civic and law-related education, results of comparable
international studies of civic education, and community efforts to promote good
citizenship through after school programs.]
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3:00 -
3:30 p.m. |
Exhibit/Browsing Break
[coffee and snacks available in exhibition area] |
3:30 -
4:30 p.m. |
Workshops II
- Curriculum & Teacher Development
- Juvenile Justice
- Civic Participation & Leadership
- Community Education
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| 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. |
Reception, The Carter Center (buses will be provided for
conference registrants from the hotel to The Carter Center and back)
Welcome
Self-Guided Tour
Presentation of the Isidore Starr Award for Excellence in
Law-Related Education
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| Wednesday, April 5 |
| 8:00 a.m. |
Registration & Exhibits |
8:30 -
9:30 a.m. |
Workshops III
- Curriculum & Teacher Development
- Juvenile Justice
- Civic Participation & Leadership
- Community Education
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9:45 -
11:00 am |
Panel
Law and Equality in the 20th Century: Two Stories about How (Much) ‘Law Matters’
Moderator: John Paul Ryan (American Bar Association)Speakers: Anita Hodgkiss (U.S. Justice Department/Civil Rights
Division)
Philip Klinkner (Hamilton College/Political Science
[Two speakers will address the influence of law on racial equality in the United States
during the 20th century, offering different perspectives on how much has been achieved,
the role of courts, legislatures and other legal institutions, and how much remains to be
achieved.]
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11:15 -
12:15 p.m. |
Workshops IV
- Curriculum & Teacher Development
- Juvenile Justice
- Civic Participation & Leadership
- Community Education
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12:15 -
2:45 p.m. |
Lunch & Program A Multimedia Program:
The Web and the Future of Public Education: Implications for Democracy and Civic
Engagement in the 21st Century
Introduction: Paula Nessel (American Bar Association)
Presenters: Bernard Hibbitts (University of
Pittsburgh Law School)
Wendy Bay Lewis (CivicMind.com)
[The presenters will explore how to broaden public education about the law, especially
for young people, through the Internet. The session will focus upon such issues as the
needs and interests of online audiences, the potential mechanisms for, and benefits from,
interactive discussions and dialogues, and the tensions between commercialization and
education. The presenters will also address how and why the Web may lead to new forms of
democracy and civic participation.]
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| 2:45 p.m. |
Adjournment |
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