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
Happy Constitution Day. Welcome to the United States capital. My name is Beth Clements and im the ceo here at the visitor center. We are pleased to be hosting this event with our good friends the United States capital Historical Society. I cant think of a better way to mark Constitution Day than with a program devoted to citizenship. Our founders knew that our democratic system of government would depend on having an informed citizenry. John adams said that livery cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people. His successor put it even more simply. Life and liberty go together. Of the reasons that the Capitol Visitors Center was established was to inform, involve and inspire citizens of all ages. We do that every day through our debt expanding series of Public Programs and educational programs. Ongoing contributions to achieving these Civic Education goals is the partnership of the we the people program. Share ourighted to constitutional system with so many students fr
Our second president john adams said liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people. President ,or as Thomas Jefferson, said life and liberty go together. Light and liberty go together. One reason the center was established is to inspire citizens of all ages. We do that every day through tours and Public Programs and educational programs. One of our contributions to achieving the Civic Education goals is our partnership with the we the people program. We are delighted to share lessons on the role of congress and our constitutional system with students from the washington dc area. Our Education Team supports this partnership, but i want to give special thanks to the Education Program manager, larin lauren. Ren [applause] established the program that gives students an idea of what it is like to be a member of congress. We try to stay current with our programming and are always updating a developing and doing our part to strengthen the we the people program. Than
Project Coolidge Foundations centennial conference in honor of president Calvin Coolidge, were pleased to be cohosted with the library of congress and grateful to all of you who are here. Were going to get underway with our panels here in just one moment. But weve been how many other more than 100 students. Weve often been saying there are coolidge senators. And, of course, many of are coolidge senators. But were joined by a number of other student groups. I wanted to be sure that we recognize the first of our 1890 Society Members are part of the Honor Society of the coolidge program. We have maybe a dozen or more joining. So welcome to the 1890 society. From Ashland University, the Ashford Center is here with our ashford scholars. Were so pleased to have you here from ohio. Thank you. Weve had students from bases, d. C. High School Students here at our conference. Welcome to basis. And weve some archer fellows from the university of texas system joining us as well so welcome to our ar
Good morning. Welcome back for day two of coolidge and the american project Coolidge Foundations centennial conference in honor of president Calvin Coolidge, were pleased to be cohosted with the library of congress and grateful to all of you who are here. Were going to get underway with our panels here in just one moment. But weve been how many other more than 100 students. Weve often been saying there are coolidge senators. And, of course, many of are coolidge senators. But were joined by a number of other student groups. I wanted to be sure that we recognize the first of our 1890 Society Members are part of the Honor Society of the coolidge program. We have maybe a dozen or more joining. So welcome to the 1890 society. From Ashland University, the Ashford Center is here with our ashford scholars. Were so pleased to have you here from ohio. Thank you. Weve had students from bases, d. C. High School Students here at our conference. Welcome to basis. And weve some archer fellows from th