The story of creation in the first Book of Genesis is not science, Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller said. That doesn’t mean it should be discounted. “It’s
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Chautauqua Institution Director of Religion Maureen Rovegno described the community's chance to welcome back the Rev. Barbara Brown Taylor simply: as a gift. Taylor At
Greene For the majority of the population, theoretical physics is just that — theoretical. Maybe it was studied briefly in a high school physics class,
Goldman Columbia University’s Ari Goldman thinks that without religious literacy, a journalist runs the risk of misinforming the public. “When done right, journalism can educate
Children will routinely meet the expectations set by adults and nothing further, said Carey Wright, state superintendent of education for Mississippi — and the expectations
When it comes to New Year’s resolutions, education beat reporters have two chances at “fresh starts” to the year — the calendar year, in January,
On the day of the Chabad of Poway synagogue shooting on April 27, 2019, the late Lori Gilbert Kaye was there to sing the mourner’s
Gary Moore has presented comical yet fascinating niche history lessons at Chautauqua Institution every summer since 2011. But this year, Moore’s lecture turned into an
After working in the Department of Education in President George H.W. Bush’s administration, Diane Ravitch joined several conservative think tanks and advocated for school choice
When Carey Wright began her position as Mississippi state superintendent in 2013, she was met with a culture of low expectations for student performance. She
When the Rev. Robert M. Franklin, Jr. studied the initial community responses to The Mirror Project — an online conscience-building collaboration between Chautauqua Institution and
Marcus With an Italian Roman Catholic mother and a humanist Jewish father, the sometimes-heated religious conversations Benjamin Marcus witnessed between his parents provided “productive tension”
Reporters on any beat are going to write about death in a COVID-19 world, Columbia Journalism School’s Ari Goldman said, and he teaches his students
While visiting 250 schools during his 1998 gubernatorial campaign, Jeb Bush, former governor of Florida, watched a student practicing for the HSCT test, a test
Diane Ravitch has worked as a historian of education for more than four decades. She’s served as the assistant secretary of education under President George
“When you have a new generation, every child is a fountain of possibilities. They are a miracle of talent and potential,” said Sir Ken Robinson,