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
Good afternoon. Welcome to the San Francisco board of supervisors. Role call, please. role call mr. President , all mr. President , all members are present. Well say the pledge of allegiance. Would you like to join me . I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you, everybody. On pa behalf of the board i woud like to acknowledge the staff at sfg tv and making it available to the public. Colleagues, i want to do a Little Something different before we get on with the show. I would like to have you join me in starting our meeting today with a moment of silence. Sorry. For george floyd and his family, friends and community. George floyds tragic death at the hands of four Police Officers in minneapolis last week. This is a reflection of the systematic oppression, racism and injustice that the black community ha has endured. Our city mourns minneapolis and
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
Miss collins and mr. Clerk miss lam . Miss lopez . Vicepresident lopez here and miss collins is here as well. Clerk okay, thank you, thank you. Mr. Moliga is going to be late. Miss norton. Commissioner norton here. Clerk mr. Sanchez . President sanchez here. Clerk thank you. Thank you. So i need to have our translators and our interpreters, announcers, at this moment. Good afternoon. The unit foid School District will provide free chinese and spanish simultaneously interpretation throughout the board meeting. If you need chinese interpretation please dial 14848543328, and 721609895, pound. If you need spanish interpretation please dial 13193829676. Pin 665996966, pound. This message will repeat in spanish and chinese. [speaking foreign language]. [speaking spanish] [speaking chinese language] thank you very much. Thank you. If you are not speaking at the moment, please mute yourself. All right, thank you. And, again, just welcome, everybody and thank you for everything that youre doing