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WestEd-Produced WebDialogues

  • Crossing Boundaries: Stories and Strategies to Help Youth Commissions, February 19-26, 2008. The Institute for Local Government hosted the dialogue for both youth commissioners and commission staff could learn about the new and ongoing efforts of youth commissions around California and to contribute to the knowledge available to all commissions.
  • Listening to Democracy's Next Generation-2008, February 4-7, 2008. Virginia Delegate Kris Amundson hosted a dialogue with high school students in Mount Vernon. Working with their teachers students explored what makes up Virginia's budget and then balanced those needs with available revenues.
  • Health Care Reform, January 22-23, 2008. The Washington State Senate Health & Long Term Care Committee hosted a dialogue about issues of affordability, quality and choice, and availability.
  • Vaccination Prioritization for Pandemic Influenza, Dec. 4-6, 2007. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hosted a dialogue about Vaccination Prioritization for Pandemic Influenza. The general public was invited to learn about, discuss and offer feedback on the government's pandemic influenza vaccination goals.
  • Achieving Success for All Students, Oct. 30-Nov.1, 2007. The dialogue was co-hosted by the California Department of Education and WestEd. It addressed ways to improve the achievement of California students who struggle the most.
  • ConsumersTalkNano Oct. 23-24, 2007. The dialogue was hosted by the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (an initiative of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and The Pew Charitable Trusts), in cooperation with Consumers Union, publisher of Consumer Reports and Consumer Reports Online.
  • The Washington State House Higher Education Committee discussed Access to Higher Education. July 23-25, 2007. Committee chairs and ranking members will use the results in policy planning.
  • The Washington State House Health Care & Wellness Committee discussed Obesity. July 23-25, 2007.
  • Youth Commissioners Speak, May 13-20, 2007. The Institute for Local Government asked California commissioners (ages 14-18) to share their views and ideas as part of its preparation of a written guide for local officials on how to establish youth commissions in their communities.
  • Dialogue with Congressman Mike Doyle, April 23-27, 2007. Student Voices and the.News hosted a dialogue to give students of Oliver H.S. in Pittsburgh an opportunity to ask their congressman about how to become engaged in their local and federal governments.
  • Philadelphia Mayoral Forum Dialogue, April 30-May 4, 2007. Student Voices and the.News hosted a dialogue to help Edison H.S. students prepare the question for the city's mayoral candidates televised forum on May 6.
  • Listening to Democracy's Next Generation, January 30-February 2, 2007. Virginia Delegate Kris Amundson hosted a dialogue about the Virginia state budget with high school classes in Mount Vernon, VA.
  • Teens and Junk Food: Should Schools Have Limits?, April 23-27, 2007. California's LegiSchool Project hosted a discussion for California high school students policymakers, educators and others to hear from experts, ask questions, share their views and learn about the many issues which surround childhood obesity and the related laws enacted to curb the alarming trend.
  • California Immigration: An Examination of Public Policy and Student Perspectives, February 12-16, 2007. California's LegiSchool Project hosted a discussion for California high school students, policymakers, educators and others to share their views and learn what others are saying about the many issues which surround the immigration policy reform debate.
  • How Well Are We Preparing Our Young People for Life After High School?, September 26-28, 2006. The Center for California Studies hosted a three-day dialogue as an extension of discussions started at its annual Envisioning California Conference.
  • Student Issue Dialogues, July 25-27, 2006. WestEd, the Education Commission of the States and the National Center for Leadership and Citizenship hosted this three-day discussion to explore the potential of a creating dialogues for high school and college students on issues important to them.
  • Are California High Schools Succeeding?, December 5-9, 2005. California's LegiSchool Project hosted the dialogue for high school students, educators, policymakers and others throughout California to discuss the many challenges faced when reforming California’s public high schools. The dialogue was a follow-up to an in person town hall meeting with policymakers on the same topic.
  • The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement Review Dialogue, November 29-December 2, 2005. The International Joint Commission (the governments of Canada and the United States) hosted a fully bilingual dialogue to identify issues for the governments to consider as they review the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement in the spring of 2006.
  • Gangs and California Culture Dialogue, October 24-November 3, 2005. California's LegiSchool Project hosted the dialogue for high school students, educators, community leaders and others throughout California to discuss the many critical issues concerning gangs in California. The dialogue was a follow-up to an in person town hall meeting with policymakers on the same topic.
  • The Internet Governance Project Dialogue, September 19-30, 2005. 43 countries were represented by the 155 registered individuals. More than two-thirds of the participants were from countries other than the United States. The goal of the Dialogue was to broaden multistakeholder participation in the global discussion about Internet governance and to provide a mechanism for input into the final Preparatory Committee Meeting (Prepcom-3) for the Tunis phase of the UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).
  • The Education Commission of the States, School Choice Dialogue, Oct. 12-13, 2004, 368 participants. This dialogue focused on many of the issues raised in a recent report, the Brookings Institution’s National Working Commission on Choice in K-12 Education, School Choice: Doing It the Right Way Makes a Difference. It provided a national forum for policymakers, researchers, practitioners, and others to discuss issues related to traditional and non-traditional school choices.
  • U.S. Charter Schools Dialogue, June 7-10, 2004, 699 participants. This dialogue was conducted in conjunction with the National Charter School Conference held the following week in Miami. The dialogue served as both a springboard for discussion at the 2004 conference as well as provided a platform for those individuals unable to attend the conference.
  • California Education Master Plan, May 19-23, 2003, 864 participants. This dialogue was conducted to give Californians' an opportunity to learn about selected education bills, talk with legislators and other education experts, and help them craft legislation to effectively guide the implementation of California's Education Master Plan over the next two decades. The dialogue was also designed to help members of the public who have not typically been involved in policy development become more familiar with the process by which an idea becomes a law and to actually participate in shaping selected education legislation.

Additional online dialogues

From 1996-2002, Web Dialogue Developer Laurie Maak produced the following public policy dialogues for Information Renaissance: