Charter Schools vs. Public Schools
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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2007/11/29/Caroline_Hoxby_Promise_and_Performance_of_Charter_Schools Harvard economics professor Caroline Hoxby discusses several differences between charter and public schools. ----- The Promise and Performance of Charter Schools: Agents of School Reform with Caroline M. Hoxby Harvard economics Professor a... Read more
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- -: Charter Schools vs. Public Schools
January 24, 2008 (over 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2007/11/29/Caroline_Hoxby_Promise_and_Performance_of_Charter_Schools Harvard economics professor Caroline Hoxby discusses several differences between charter and public schools. ----- The Promise and Performance of Charter Schools: Agents of School Reform with...
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- -: Jim Hightower - Why We Need Public Financing for Elections
April 21, 2008 (about 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/03/28/Jim_Hightower_Swim_Against_the_Current Populist author and activist Jim Hightower argues in favor of public financing for election campaigns. ----- Jim Hightower talks about Swim Against the Current: Even a Dead Fish Can Go with the Flow. America's...
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- -: Robin Wright - Challenges for Reform in the Islamic World
April 28, 2008 (about 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/03/13/Robin_Wright_on_the_Future_of_the_Middle_East Award-winning Washington Post correspondent Robin Wright discusses challenges for democratic and Islamic reforms in the Middle East. ----- Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East with journalis...
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- -: How to Stimulate an Economic Recovery? - Laura Tyson
July 2, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/05/22/Its_the_Economic_Recovery_Plan_Stupid Laura Tyson, former National Economic Advisor to President Clinton, argues that infrastructure spending and health care reform should be two policies at the heart of the next President's economic recovery plan. -...
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- -: Struggles for Democratic Reform in China - Mark Leonard
July 8, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/05/07/Mark_Leonard_What_Does_China_Think Mark Leonard, Executive Director of the European Council on Foreign Relations, discusses the current state of democratic reforms in China, arguing that experimentation with democracy may have the result of making the...
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- -: What Kind of Superpower Will China Be? - Francis Fukuyama
July 30, 2008 (almost 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/05/28/Francis_Fukuyama_American_Foreign_Policy_After_Bush Author and political scientist forecasts China's image as a future world superpower. ----- About 400 hundred people attended the Centre's event in Sydney with the renowned American political scient...
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- -: Understanding Islamic Leadership - Irshad Manji
September 15, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/07/01/Irshad_Manji_and_Dalia_Mogahed_-_Who_Speaks_for_Islam Muslim-Canadian author and commentator Irshad Manji explains clerical authority in Islam, and how the religion's lack of a unified organizational system could open the door to reform. ----- Irsha...
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- -: Lawrence Lessig: Real Change Starts With Election Reform
January 20, 2009 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/01/14/Lawrence_Lessig_Remix Stanford law professor and digital rights advocate Lawrence Lessig discusses the importance of finance reform for Congressional elections. Lessig argues that large private donations to politicians inherently limit the public's fa...
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- -: Should Gov't Mandate Health Insurance? - Tom Daschle and Tommy Thompson
February 3, 2009 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/06/17/Tom_Daschle__Tommy_Thompson_The_Future_of_Health_Care Former Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson debates former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle on the idea of a universal mandate for health insurance. While Thompson disagrees with...
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- -: The Green Collar Economy - Van Jones
February 26, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/02/02/Van_Jones_The_Green_New_Deal Van Jones, author of The Green Collar Economy, highlights specific ways to create jobs for Americans while also making moves to help green the planet. ----- Van Jones thinks "green collar" jobs could clean the United Sta...
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