Subject: Fwd: May 20, 2004: A Manhattan Institute Forum Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 15:27:41 -0400 To: lpny_discussion From: Bob Armstrong I can't make this , but perhaps someone else could get there and make the point that nationalized education is socialism not conservatism . --- Original Message --- From: "Manhattan Institute" To: Manhattan Institute Sent: Wed, 19 May 2004 14:34:34 -0400 Subject: May 20, 2004: A Manhattan Institute Forum >=A0The =A0Manhattan Institute Invites You to a Forum > >=A0Thursday, =A0May 20, 2004 >=A010:00 =A0am - 11:00 am > >=A0Topic: >=A0No Child =A0Left Behind > >=A0Speaker: > >=A0Lynne V. =A0Cheney >=A0Senior =A0Fellow >=A0American =A0Enterprise Institute > >=A0Mrs. Cheney =A0will discuss President Bush's No Child Left Behind= Act. Few issues have spurred =A0more impassioned debate than how= to improve America=92s schools. What can =A0government and citizens= do to improve the performance of students=97and teachers? =A0How can= this improvement best be effected in poor and minority= communities, =A0where it is most urgently needed? > >=A0Lynne Cheney =A0will speak to these questions from long= experience in education. She served on =A0then-Governor Bush=92s= education team in Texas, and was part of a group that =A0revised= Texas standards for the study of history.=A0=A0As chairman of the= National Endowment of =A0the Humanities, from 1986 to 1993, Mrs.= Cheney published American Memory, =A0a report that warned about= the failure of schools to transmit knowledge. > >=A0We=92re =A0honored that Mrs. Cheney has agreed to share her views= on educational reform at =A0this Manhattan Institute event.=A0=A0= Please join us. > >=A0Grand Hyatt =A0Hotel >=A0Park Avenue at Grand Central Station >=A0New York City > >=A010:00 =A0am =96 11:00 am >=A0RSVP:=A0=A0 Acceptances Only >=A0212-599-7000 Ext. 407 > >=A0Email reservations can =A0be accepted at= mi@manhattan-institute.org > >=A0If you accept and find =A0you are unable to attend, please be= sure to let us =A0know. > >=A0Manhattan =A0Institute =95 52 Vanderbilt Avenue =95 New York,= NY=A0=A010017 >=A0Phone: =A0212-599-7000 =95 Fax: 212-599-3494 =95 E-mail:= =A0mi@manhattan-institute.org --=A0 =A0Bob Armstrong -- http://CoSy.com -- 212-285-1864 Computing Environment : =A0http://CoSy.com/CoSy/ A WTC vision : http://CoSy.com/CoSy/ConicAllConnect/ Libertarian Presidential Candidates =A0:= http://CoSy.com/Liberty.htm =A0=A0=A0For Senator from NY : http://www.silbergerforsenator.org/ =A0=A0WHY DOES THE UNITED STATES INCARCERATE A LARGER PERCENTAGE, AND A LARGER NUMBER, OF ITS CITIZENS THAN ANY OTHER NATION ON= EARTH?=A0 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A02004/05/19 3:24:04 PM