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The George W. Bush Institute, together with the Alliance for Catholic Education at the University of Notre Dame and Mayor Rawlings of Dallas, will organize a discussion about faith-based schools. These schools – representing any number of faith traditions – have a historical role in education are one of the most effective instruments of intellectual formation and social transformation that the U.S. has ever known. Educating more than 3.5 million students, faith-based schools can be found in urban, suburban and rural communities.
Panel participants examined two main ideas:
- The unique and integral role of faith-based schools in revitalizing urban communities
- How and where political leaders throughout the country have taken great strides in effecting systemic education reform
Agenda
Welcome
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Margaret Spellings
President, George W. Bush Presidential Center
Session 1: The State of Play for Faith-Based Schools
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Two scholars lead a conversation on the unique and integral role that faith-based schools continue to play as agents of intellectual formation and social transformation for marginalized children and communities.
Paul Ludden
Southern Methodist University
Charles Glenn
Boston University
Fr. Tim Scully, CSC
University of Notre Dame
Session 2: Bright Spots from the Urban Core
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Panelists discuss their respective work with high-performing faith-based schools, examining some of the central challenges and opportunities that they encounter in developing an educational model that fully and vibrantly integrates the transmission of faith with a relentless focus on academic excellence.
Rena Pederson (Moderator)
Southern Methodist University
Christian Dallavis
Notre Dame ACE Academies
Terry Flowers
St. Philip’s School and Community Center
Kole Knueppel
Schools That Can Milwaukee
Matthew Moes
Islamic Schools League of America
Session 3: A Conversation with Policy Makers
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This session reflects back on the morning’s prior conversations and feature an action-oriented discussion on the role that faith-based schools can and must play in the revitalization of our urban communities, as well as how civic leaders and other policymakers can engage in thoughtful reform to expand the landscape of high-quality educational options available to children in need.
Margaret Spellings (Moderator)
George W. Bush Presidential Center
Rick Baker
former Mayor of St. Petersburg, Florida
Mike Rawlings
Mayor of Dallas, Texas
Kathleen Shanahan
Florida State Board of Education
Anthony Williams
former Mayor of Washington DC
Closing Remarks
Mike Rawlings
Mayor of Dallas, Texas