Friday, April 12th, 2013

The Ray Marshall Center
Austin Convention Center
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On Friday, April 12, 2013, the Ray Marshall Center hosted the Central Texas FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act) Conference at the Austin Convention Center. Dr. Heath Prince welcomed a full hall to a day of information sharing and discussion about the various applications of this federal law to the work of state and local agencies and the research community.  Representatives from the U.S. Department of Education’s Privacy Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) provided an overview of how FERPA has changed over time, and walked the audience through key provisions and interpretations related to data sharing.  From issues as focused as drafting FERPA compliant agreements and data transfer security to broader topics such as the value of longitudinal data systems, the conference touched on themes that privacy officers, educators, and researchers deal with in their everyday lives.  Perspectives on FERPA and data sharing were provided by representatives from Ohio and Washington, as well as multiple Texas-based initiatives.  A lively keynote address was delivered by Jay Pfeiffer, a consultant on state longitudinal data systems and a former deputy commissioner in Florida’s Department of Education. The day concluded with a question and answer session.

The agenda and the presentations and reports are provided in the links below.

Conference Documents, Presentations and Reports

Agenda

Presentations:

FERPA Past and Present, Michael Hawes, US Department of Education.

Drafting FERPA Compliant Agreements and Consent Forms, Baron Rodriguez, Privacy Technical Assistance Center.

The Ohio Experience: FERPA, State Law and the Road to Policy Analysis, Keith Ewald, Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, Office of Workforce Development.

Yes, You Can Share Data! Washington’s Experience with FERPA, Data Sharing and Research, Melissa Beard, ERDC.

FERPA: Data and Transport Security Best Practices, Mike Tassey, Privacy Technical Assistance Center.

Uses and Application of Identified vs. De-identified Data, Michael Hawes, US Department of Education.

The Slippery Slopes of Data Analysis, Celeste Alexander, Texas Education Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin.

Central Texas Student Futures Project: Project Update, Greg Cumpton, Ray Marshall Center, LBJ School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin.

The Workforce Evaluation System, Ruben Garcia, Texas Workforce Commission.

Texas Student Data System: Overview, Melody Parrish, Statewide Data Initiatives, Texas Education Agency.

Reports

Neglecting the “L” in a Longitudinal Integrated Data System can be a Costly Mistake (January 2013). The authors of
this report are Ting Zhang, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, and David Stevens, PhD, Research Professor, The Jacob Institute, University of Baltimore.23 pp.

 

Monday, October 29, 2012

Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs
Bass Lecture Hall
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The Ray Marshall Center sponsored a day-long conference on the recently-completed Texas Early Childhood Education Needs Assessment on October 29, 2012 at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin.

The project was a partnership among the Texas Early Learning Council, the Ray Marshall Center and the Hobby Center for the Study of Texas at Rice University, in an effort to provide the most comprehensive review and evaluation of Texas’ early care and education needs and capacity in 40 years.

Welcoming the participants were Dean Robert Hutchings of the LBJ School and John Gasko, director of state initiatives of the Children’s Learning Institute at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and past chair of the Texas Early Learning Council. Deanna Schexnayder, assistant dean for finance and administration of the LBJ School, senior research scientist at the Ray Marshall Center and principal investigator of the research project, provided an overview of the day.

Topics and speakers at the conferenced included:

Texas Early Childhood Education Assessment Findings and Policy Implication — Ms. Schexnayder; Steve Murdock, director of the Hobby Center and co-principal investigator of the project, and Michael Cline, associate director of the Hobby Center;

Emerging Findings From the National Survey of Early Care and Education — Richard Brandon, retired director of the Human Services Policy Center, University of Washington and co-principal investigator, National Survey of Early Care and Education;

Early Childhood Data 3.0: Transforming Texas Communities — Helen DuPlessis, senior advisor at the UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities;

Investing in Children and Parents: Fostering Two-Generation Strategies in the United States — Christopher King, director and senior research scientist at the Ray Marshall Center;

Texas Home Visiting Programs — Cynthia Osborne, associate professor at the LBJ School;

Perspectives from Other States — Lee Kreader, deputy director of the National Center for Children in Poverty at Columbia University and member of the New York State Early Childhood Advisory Council; Bobbie Weber of Oregon State University and the Oregon Early Learning Council; and Reggie Bicha of the Colorado Department of Human Services; and

Texas Family Child Care Home Project — Susan Landry, director of the Children’s Learning Institute.

Some 100 persons attended the conference, which included a panel session at lunch responding to the findings. Dr. King served as moderator, and the panel members were Carlos Rivera, director of health and human services for the City of Austin; Bill Hammond, president of the Texas Association of Business; and Dr. Kreader.

Conference Documents, Presentations and Reports

Agenda

Presentations:

Texas Early Childhood Education Needs Assessment: Final Report: FIndings and Policy Implications, Deanna Schexnayder, Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources

Texas Early Childhood Education Needs Assessment: Final Report: FIndings and Policy Implications, Steve H. Murdock and Michael Cline, Hobby Center for the Study of Texas

New ECE Data Sources: National Survey of Early Care and Education, Richard N. Brandon

Low-Income Children and Early Childhood Education: National Perspectives on Texas, J. Lee Kreader, National Center for Children in Poverty

Beginning Education: Early Childcare at Home (BEECH), Susan Landry, Children’s Learning Institute, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Investing in Children and Parents: Fostering Two Generation Strategies in the United States, Christopher King, Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources

Perspectives from Other States: Oregon’s Early Learning Council, Bobbie Weber, Oregon State University and Oregon Early Learning Council

The Power of Local Data: Using the Early Development Instrument (EDI) in the Texas Community Campaign for School Readiness, Helen DuPlessis, UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities

Reports

Change in the Early Childhood and School Age Population in Texas, 2000 to 2010, and Projected to 2015 (September 2012). Steve H. Murdock, Michael Cline, Debbie Perez, George Hough and P. Wilner Jeanty. Hobby Center for the Study of Texas, Rice University. 140 pp.

Texas Early Childhood Education Needs Assessment: Supply and Quality of Early Care and Education and School-Age Care (August 2012). Deanna Schexnayder, Cynthia Juniper, Anjali Gupta, Daniel Schroeder and Vanessa Morales. Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Humas Resources, The University of Texas at Austin. 114 pp.

Gaps between Need and Availability of Early Care and Education (October 2012). Deanna Schexnayder, Cynthia Juniper and Daniel Schroeder. Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Humas Resources, The University of Texas at Austin. 51 pp.

November: Texas Early Childhood Education Needs Assessment: Final Report (November 2012). Deanna Schexnayder, Cynthia Juniper, Daniel Schroeder, Steve H. Murdock, Michael Cline, Deborah Perez, P. Wilner Jeanty and George Hough. Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Humas Resources, The University of Texas at Austin, and Hobby Center for the Study of Texas, Rice University. 80 pp.

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Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs – Bass Lecture Hall
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On Oct. 19, The Ray Marshall Center celebrated its 40th anniversary with a full-day symposium, Policy Responses for the New Economy. Panels of experts from across the country examined the state of the labor market, education, and workforce development. Hilda Solis, U.S. Secretary of Labor, provided the keynote address at the luncheon program. The event closed with an evening program with former U.S. Secretaries of Labor Alexis Herman (1997-2001) and Ray Marshall (1977-1981), which was moderated by Ernest Green, former assistant secretary of labor (1977-1981).

Highlights from the panel discussions include:

• A presentation of the multitude of challenges in today’s labor market, including how to increase demand for labor and reduce the high unemployment rate, strategies for addressing skill deficiencies, reforms needed in immigration policy, and new challenges brought on by global interdependence among world markets.
• An exploration of education policies and strategies to improve education standards, including  new incentive programs for teachers and students, and helping young people to transition into postsecondary college and careers.
• Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis discussing current labor department initiatives and cited the need for better enforcement of workforce safety and health and other labor standards. She indicated her support for comprehensive immigration reform and reauthorization of the Workforce Investment Act, with modifications.
• A review of workforce development policies, including trends, effectiveness and public perceptions.Conversations with former secretaries of labor on working with Congress on labor policy issues, linking workforce investment boards with economic development, and a discussion of the success of the loan guarantee to Chrysler.
  

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A Special Thanks to the Sponsors

AFL-CIO

AT&T

Admiral B.R. Inman, USN (Ret.)

The Annie E. Casey Foundation

CF Foundation, Inc. & Charles B. Knapp

Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce

John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

IBM

Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs

National Center on Education and the Economy

TG

Texas Association of Workforce Boards

Ray Marshall Center Advisory Committee
Ray Marshall, PhD., Chair Audre and Bernard Rapoport Centennial Chair (Emeritus) of Economics and Public Affairs, LBJ School of Public Affairs	Robert Hutchings, PhD. Dean, LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin
William Allaway Senior Advisor & Director, Texas Taxpayers and Research Association Foundation	Roberts T. Jones President, Education & Workforce Policy, LLC
Gene Austin Chair and CEO, Convio, Inc.	Charles Knapp, PhD. Director of Education Development, CF Foundation, Inc.
Ana Avendaño Assistant to the President, Director of Immigration & Community Action, AFL-CIO	Laura Lein, PhD. Dean & Katherine Reebel Collegiate Professor, School of Social Work, University of Michigan
Ernesto Cortes Southwest Regional Director, Texas Industrial Areas Foundation	Shirley Malcom, PhD. Head, Education & Human Resources, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Karen Davis, PhD. President, The Commonwealth Fund	Louis Malfaro Secretary-Treasurer, Texas American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO
Sandy Dochen Manager, Corporate Citizenship & Corporate Affairs, IBM	Charles Nielson HR Consultant, Former International HR Director, Texas Instruments
Jeff Faux, PhD. Distinguished Fellow, Economic Policy Institute	Sarah Looney Oldmixon Director, Workforce Initiatives, The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region
Richard Fonté, PhD. Consultant & Former President, Austin Community College	Bernard Rapoport Chairman Emeritus, American Income Life Insurance, Former Chair, University of Texas Board of Regents
Ernest Green Co-Chairman & Partner, Madison Asset Management Group, LLC	John Stevens Consultant, Former Director, Texas Business and Education Coalition
James Hefner, PhD. Distinguished Visiting Professor, Texas Southern University, Director, Consilium Higher Education, President Emeritus, Tennessee State University	Uri Treisman, PhD. Director, Charles A. Dana Center, University of Texas at Austin
William Hobgood Attorney/Arbitrator, UMWA Combined Benefit Funds	Marc Tucker, PhD. President, National Center on Education and the Economy