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Innovative Learning
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
Posted in Episodes, Schmidt, Benno C., Schramm, Richard
Tagged Edison Project, Education -- U.S., Education policy -- U.S., Education standards -- U.S., Public education, teaching
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Teachers on Teaching, Part 1 of 2
In summer 1987, Paul Rahe, Patricia Reifsnyder, Patricia Spacks, and Sarah Foelsche participated in two seminars for high school teachers sponsored by and held at the National Humanities Center, “Republics Ancient and Modern” and “Representations of Self in Literature.” In the … Continue reading
Posted in Episodes, Foelsche, Sarah, Rahe, Paul Anthony, Reifsnyder, Patricia, Spacks, Patricia Meyer
Tagged democracy, Humanities, Literature, republicanism, teaching
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A Nation Prepared
According to Governor Thomas Kean and Marc Tucker, the improvement of teaching standards is directly connected to both economic growth and the standard of living in the United States. At the time of this interview, Kean, who was governor of New … Continue reading
Posted in Episodes, Kean, Thomas H., Tucker, Marc S.
Tagged Education standards -- U.S., Governor, teachers, teaching
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