MARION W. PINES, B.A.
Marion W. Pines, B.A.
Senior Fellow
Youth and family policy
Education reform
Welfare reform policy
The guiding principle for my work is my belief that all citizens should have the opportunity to fully develop their skills and abilities in safe communities. Only by doing so can they hope to maximize lifelong earnings and fully participate in society as contributing citizens. This conviction has led me to focus on the challenges facing the more disadvantaged members of society, particularly disconnected youth and populations attempting to reenter mainstream society after release from the criminal justice system. In a related activity, I have been working on improving outcomes for high school students, since education and economic well being are so closely related. That activity has resulted in the creation of an “innovation” high school known as the Academy for College and Career Exploration of which I am the co-operator with the director of the Mayor's Office of Employment Development. The Sar Levitan Center, which I direct, was established at IPS to further public understanding of the complex issues of poverty, the labor market, and vulnerable populations.
Prior to her appointment at Johns Hopkins, Marion Pines served as commissioner of the Baltimore City Neighborhood Progress Administration and as executive director of the Housing Authority of Baltimore City (1984-87). Between 1972 and 1987 she served as director of the Mayor's Office of Manpower Resources. In 1988 she was appointed by the Secretary of Labor to chair the National Job Training Partnership Act Advisory Committee to advise the Department of Labor on job training policy issues for the 1990s. Ms. Pines has a B.A. from Goucher College. She is author of two books published by Partners for Livable Places: Family Investment Strategies: Improving the Lives of Children and Communities, 1992; and Putting Families First: Managing Resources to Restore Communities, 1994 and co-authored and/or edited numerous publications around the issues of at-risk youth.
C.V.
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Current Research/Projects
- Academy for College and Career Exploration
- Maryland Birth Through Three Business Plan
- The Levitan Youth Policy Network
- Prisoner Reentry Initiative - Technical Assistance
- Youth Offender Demonstration Program
- Youth Practitioner Institute
- Evaluation of the Reentry Center for Ex-Offenders at the Northwest Career Center in Baltimore Innovative Employment Strategies
- Ready4Work
Course Offerings
195.640 Policy Implementation
Related Sites
The Sar Levitan Center: http://www.levitan.org
