Next Generation Charter Schools (Center for American Progress) Join us for a discussion about the role—both current and future—that charter schools have in the education of Latinos and ELLs. A new report by the Center for American Progress and the National Council of La Raza will launch the discussion. We will examine how both the large growth of the Latino and ELL student population and the potential expansion of charter schools will influence the educational landscape, and hear from two high-performing charter schools that have been recognized for their Latino and ELL achievement.
Responding to the Historic Floods in Pakistan: Political and Security Considerations (Brookings) The Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement will host a discussion on the challenges the Pakistani government and the international community face in responding to the flooding. Panelists include Mark Ward of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); the International Rescue Committee’s Michael Young; Tim Lenderking of the U.S. Department of State; and Brookings experts Stephen P. Cohen and Gen. Jehangir Karamat (Ret.).
Reforming Our Universities (Heritage) In Reforming Our Universities, David Horowitz tells the dramatic story of his ongoing campaign for an Academic Bill of Rights to protect students who want to think for themselves and refuse to conform to radical orthodoxies. Despite his pleas for tolerance of diverging points of view, his modest proposal that universities should respect intellectual diversity has been greeted with hysteria and protests. In Reforming Our Universities, he seeks to recall higher education to its better self, to become – as it once was – a place where students and teachers were not afraid to question opinions, create their own, and engage in Socratic dialogue.
Empire for Liberty (Cato) Featuring the author Richard Immerman, Professor of History and Marvin Wachman Director, Center for the Study of Force and Diplomacy, Temple University; Robert Kagan, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; and Derek Leebaert, Partner, MAP AG; moderated by Christopher A. Preble, Director of Foreign Policy Studies, Cato Institute.
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