8/2/20 - 8/8/20 A examination of the progress of American public education and how our nation’s education systems are preparing students with the skills to succeed in a highly demanding, rapidly changing global environment.
This series of six sermons by Rev. Dr. Leslie D. Callahan originally aired during week six of the 2020 summer assembly.
Sunday: “Divine Disruption” Romans 7: 14-21
Monday: “Who Told You That?” Romans 8: 1-11
Tuesday: “Family Values” Romans 8: 12-17
Wednesday: “Good Trouble” Romans 8...
Originally broadcast at 2 p.m. EDT Monday, August 3, 2020.
Judy Beals on advancing public understanding of religion and building a peaceful society.
Beals, is the associate director of Harvard Divinity School’s Religious Literacy Project (RLP). Working with Dr. Diane Moore and her team, she pr...
Originally broadcast at 4 p.m. EDT Monday, August 3, 2020.
Cantus performs for Week Six’s Chautauqua Chamber Music series.
Cantus is an internationally recognized men’s vocal ensemble is widely known for its innovative programming and its engaging performances of music ranging from the Renaiss...
Originally broadcast at 10:45 a.m. EDT Tuesday, August 4, 2020.
Sir Ken Robinson looks at the state of education in the U.S.
Robinson is an internationally recognized leader in the development of education, creativity and innovation, who works with governments, education systems, international...
Originally broadcast at 2 p.m. EDT Tuesday, August 4, 2020.
Benjamin Marcus on religious literacy and the intersection of religious constructs in society.
Marcus is the religious literacy specialist with the Religious Freedom Center of the Freedom Forum Institute, where he examines the interse...
Originally broadcast at 3:30 p.m. EDT Tuesday, August 4, 2020.
Leslie Przybylek details the recent exhibition “Smithsonian’s Portraits of Pittsburgh: Works from the National Portrait Gallery.” Przybylek is the senior curator at the Senator John Heinz History Center in association with the Smiths...
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 Rep...
Originally broadcast at 2 p.m. EDT Wednesday, August 5, 2020.
Linda K. Wertheimer on how to fight religious bigotry and teach religion in an intolerant world.
Linda K. Wertheimer is the award-winning author of Faith Ed, Teaching about Religion in An Age of Intolerance.
Since Faith Ed was pub...
Originally broadcast at 3:30 p.m. EDT Wednesday, August 5, 2020.
African American Heritage House Lecture. "The New Reconstruction: Transforming Education for the 21st Century." Meria Carstarphen, fmr. superintendent, Atlanta Public Schools
About Chautauqua Institution: Chautauqua Institution is...
Originally broadcast at 4 p.m. EDT on August 5, 2020 on CHQ Virtual Porch: https://porch.chq.org/re/event/252/
2 Impromptus, op. 10. Alexander Scriabin
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2 Impromptus, op. 12. Alexander Scriabin
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Originally broadcast at 10:45 a.m. EDT Thursday, August 6, 2020.
Historian Diane Ravitch explores the history of education and where it is heading.
Ravitch is a research professor of education at New York University. A historian of education, she founded and is president of Network for Public...
Originally broadcast at 2 p.m. EDT Thursday, August 6, 2020.
Ari Goldman discusses education of religion and how it’s covered in the news.
Goldman, director of the school’s Scripps Howard Program in Religion, Journalism, and the Spiritual Life, has taught at the Colombia Journalism School since...
Originally broadcast at 3:30 p.m. EDT Thursday, August 6, 2020.
Bruce Holsinger presents his book The Gifted School, a fiction novel set in Crystal, Colorado centered around drama within a community.
Holsinger is a novelist and literary scholar based in Charlottesville, Va., and the recipient ...
Originally broadcast at 5 p.m. EDT Thursday, August 6, 2020.
Described by the Gramophone as a “magician, bewitching our ears” for his hauntingly beautiful sound, flawless command of the instrument and mesmerizing phrasing, Ilya Kaler is the only violinist to win the Gold Medal at the Tchaikovsky...
Originally broadcast at 10:45 a.m. EDT Friday, August 7, 2020.
Carey Wright closes out Week Six dedicated to “Rebuilding Education.”
Wright has served as State Superintendent of Education for Mississippi since 2013. Under her leadership, Mississippi has initiated aggressive education reforms t...
Originally broadcast at 1 p.m. EDT Friday, August 7, 2020.
Moriah Balingit brings her experience and knowledge of national education issues to Chautauqua.
Balingit covers national education issues for The Washington Post. Before coming to The Post, she covered crime, city hall and crime in cit...
Originally broadcast at 2 p.m. EDT Friday, August 7, 2020.
Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller closes a week on education and teaching religion.
Seidler-Feller, executive director of the Yitzhak Rabin Hillel Center for Jewish Life at UCLA, recently celebrated his fortieth year of working with students a...
Originally broadcast at 3:30 p.m. EDT Friday, August 7, 2020.
Gary Moore, North Carolina State University, a long-time presenter in the Heritage Lecture Series will discuss the evolution of toilette paper, as well as the history of other options.
This series is made possible with a gift from Je...