Category Archives: Schramm, Richard

Making a Difference

Posted on December 26, 1993 by Steve Weiss

Robert Connor provides an overview of the latest directions of scholarship in the humanities, including multiculturalism and the growth of civil societies worldwide. Richard Schramm talks about how secondary school reform is attempting to address the needs of teachers in … Continue reading →

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Innovative Learning

Posted on January 10, 1993 by Steve Weiss

Benno Schmidt, Jr., former president of Yale University, discusses the Edison Project, a private educational initiative. At the time of this interview, Schmidt was a Trustee of the National Humanities Center. In the second segment [19:00] Richard Schramm, director of … Continue reading →

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Working the Land

Posted on November 15, 1992 by Steve Weiss

Dan Butterworth and Richard Schramm discuss Butterworth’s new book, Waiting for Rain, an account of farming in the American South. Kent Mullikin reviews Second Nature: a Gardener’s Education (Atlantic Monthly Press, 1991), by Michael Pollan. 633 – Working the Land

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Cultural Conflicts; Commentary on Cultural Contests

Posted on February 9, 1992 by Steve Weiss

Caribbean specialist Franklin Knight and Africanist Harold Marcus examine the effects of multiculturalism on American education.; Richard Schramm discusses multiculturalism uses and abuses in American schooling. 593 – Cultural Conflicts; Commentary on Cultural Contests

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School Days; Commentary on The Student as Hero

Posted on December 9, 1990 by Steve Weiss

Joann Broadbooks, Gloria Harrell, and Barbara Ramusack participated in the National Humanities Center’s 1990 summer institutes for secondary teachers of history and literature, directed by Richard Schramm.; Robert Gingher offers commentary on The Student as Hero. 532 – School Days; … Continue reading →

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Unfulfilled Promise: The Life of James Agee

Posted on November 23, 1986 by Steve Weiss

According to Laurence Bergreen and Richard Schramm, the work of James Agee represents one of the unfulfilled promises of twentieth-century American literature. They approach Agee as a quintessential southern writer who represents the tensions of the southern literary renaissance. The … Continue reading →

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