Fantastic group of panelists beginning with Mike Petrilli and chester finn. How to educate an american was brainchild of mike and chester and today they will share with us their original inspiration behind the book and why it seems the more important now to revitalize k12 Civic Education. Joining us today is david bobb come present of the bill of Rights Institute. David has worked for 20 years to build strong Civic Education programs that engage the hearts and minds of young people. Previously david worked at Hillsdale College and is the author of a book on the vital role of humility in politics. Welcome, david. Also joining us is jonah goldberg, the chair and applied liberty of the American Enterprise institute and the editorinchief of dispatch, unlike me he has authored the chapter in how to educate an american. Finally Sarah Morgan Smith director faculty at the sender which seeks to restore and strengthen the capacity of the American People for constitutional selfgovernment. Thank y
For other great events like this. Now on cspan2 booktv, more television for serious readers. Good morning ladies and gentlemen. My name is ian rowe, a visiting fellow at the American Enterprise institute and the Thomas P Ford institute. Most importantly, for todays discussion i am the ceo of public prep, a network of public charter elementary and middle school located in the heart of the south bronx and Lower East Side of manhattan. Its my honor to welcome you to what i believe will be a very provocative discussion on compelling new book how to educate an american the conservative vision for tomorrows schools, published by templeton press. Moore joined today by a fantastic group of panelists beginning with Michael Petrilli and chester finn respectively the president and president emeritus of fordham institute. How to educate an american was the brainchild of mike and chester finn and they will share the original inspiration behind the book and why it seems even more important now to re
The number in the United States is twice as many as any other country. And doctor Francis Collins who once led the human genome project and now leaves the National Institutes of health needs a competitive shark tank enterprise at the nih to discover new ways to create tens of millions of quick and extensive diagnostictests. Covid19 plans should last for at least a year. The government is pursuing vaccines at what it calls s work speed a, faster than weve ever done that before but no one expects a vaccine this august. The second half of the school year schools should be able to provide more tests, more treatments, better Contact Tracing and hopefully we should begin to have vaccines. It will likely be the fall of 2021 though before we begin toapproach normal. There are several reasons schools have an advantage in weproviding a safe environment for students and for faculty. One younger people have been less hurt by covid19 and older people. Although doctor county told our committee we sh
San jose tied its record for this date. And even right now we have temperature readings in at redwood city and its really, really hot out there. Its going to be hotter tomorrow. The next three days well have more of this heat and it will be even hotter than today. As a result of that, a heat advisory is in effect now and remains in effect for virtually all of the bay area until 7 a. M. Thursday and a heat warning is in effect for solano county. Ill show you how hot later on. All right. Thank you. The heat sent many people off to beaches and parks across the bay area despite recommendations to stay at home. Leann melendez spoke to people who said they just needed to get out. She joins us live from the roof at abc 7 studios. I love how you said it earlier, were all human. Thats right. Well, you know, let me just tell you to start out weve been all stir crazy. People have been working from home, theyve been attending classes from home, staying safe at home, but then you added today the he
One nursing home in san antonio says they have 66 infected by the virus. United airlines reduces flights by 60 . As compared to the Great Depression of 1929. This is a prime time addition of washington journal. We will focus on one aspect of covid19. Its impact on education for teachers for students for parents through preschool through college. If you are a professor or college administrator. 2027488000. For all others 2024788002. Send us a tweet at cspan w. J. Or join us on facebook at facebook. Com. On facebook at facebook. Com. Good friday evening. We thought it would be important to talk about the impact on education. But first we want to begin with the numbers. Courtesy of John Hopkins University which has been keeping track of the vie us are. We are now at 1. 1 million cases across the world. Here in the United States quickly approaching 275,000 cases. And now with more than 7,000 confirmed deaths in our country. His is the headline from the wall street journal as u. S. Employer