Fostering Bold and Transformational Education Reform
Chautauqua Lecture Series 2020 • 05-Aug-2020
Originally broadcast at 10:45 a.m. EDT Wednesday, August 5, 2020.
Jeb Bush on the work being done by ExcelinEd to foster bold and transformational education reform.
Bush was the 43rd governor of the state of Florida, serving from 1999 through 2007, and was most recently a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016.
Bush is president and chairman of the board of directors of the Foundation for Excellence in Education, a national non-profit organization he founded to work with education leaders, teachers, parents and advocates to develop and implement reforms that lead to rising student achievement.
This program is made possible by the Charles Ellsworth Goodell Lectureship in Government and Public Affairs and the Carnahan-Jackson Lectureship.
About Chautauqua Institution: Chautauqua Institution is a community on the shores of Chautauqua Lake in southwestern New York state that comes alive each summer with a unique mix of fine and performing arts, lectures, interfaith worship and programs, and recreational activities. As a community, we celebrate, encourage and study the arts and treat them as integral to all of learning, and we convene the critical conversations of the day to advance understanding through civil dialogue. CHQ Assembly is the online expression of Chautauqua Institution's mission.
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