Between the struggle over Common Core and the reassertion of teachers’ union power in key states, the last few years have been a challenging time for education reform. And yet, with new avenues for parent power emerging in some states and a new Secretary of Education ready to champion choice in Washington, the cause of reform may be poised for a revival. We will hear from four leading thinkers in education reform about the state of the debate and the opportunities that may now be emerging.
Events
16th Annual William E. Simon Lecture Now What? Reflections on 2016 and the Task Ahead By George Weigel EPPC Distinguished…
The Faith Angle Forum holds its semi-annual Conference on Religion, Politics & Public Life from December 11-13, 2016, in Miami Beach, Florida. The…
The Future of Work in America Featuring: Andrew McAfee, MIT George Borjas, Harvard Kennedy School Scott Winship, Manhattan Institute Henry Olsen, EPPC Yuval Levin, EPPC
Many of EPPC’s friends, supporters, and scholars gathered to celebrate our 40 years of defending American ideals at a gala dinner, which featured keynote remarks by Speaker of the House Paul Ryan.
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-Dr. James K.A. Smith on “Re-Imagining Religion in a Secular Age” -Dr. James Davison Hunter and David Brooks on “Character in Public Life” -Dr. Jessica Stern and Imam Abdullah Antepli on “Terror in the Name of God: Its Causes, Its Sources”
In this, his 15th Annual William E. Simon Lecture, George Weigel will draw out lessons for today from the history of a city which experienced the drama of the 20th century in a unique way: Kraków, Poland. Having suffered terribly under both Nazi and communist occupations, Kraków was also the place where the divine answer to that unprecedented human wickedness was given, in the visions of the divine mercy that seized the religious imagination of an obscure Polish nun, Sister Faustina Kowalska. And it was from Kraków that there came a man who brought Sister Faustina’s message of divine mercy to the world, Pope St. John Paul II.
In this Bradley Lecture, Mr. Olsen, a compelling voice in election analysis, will describe each of the factions, their historic roots, and how and why neither the insider/outsider nor the establishment/conservative way of looking at the race is correct.
-Dr. Albert J. Raboteau on “Forgiveness and the African American Church Experience” -Dr. Arthur Brooks and John Carr on “Religion, Economics and New Approaches to Poverty” -Dr. Ted Davis on “The Bible and Biology: How Did We Get Here?”
The Future Of Higher Education: Risks and opportunities in an era of change * Mitch Daniels, President, Purdue University * Andrew Kelly, Fellow, American Enterprise Institute * Peter Lawler, Professor of Political Science, Berry College * Alex Tabarrok, Professor of Economics, George Mason University
-Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks: “A Religious Response to Religious Violence” -Dr. Bernard Haykel & Dr. William McCants: “The Islamic State: Understanding its Ideology and Theology” -Dr. John Inazu: “Religious Liberty and the American Culture Wars”
