Guest:Robert Lynch — President and CEO of Americans For The Arts (AFTA), the nation’s largest non-profit organization dedicated to increasing the role of art in American life and advancing appreciation for the arts in American culture.
Host: Mahesha Subbaraman — A high school Lincoln-Douglas debate coach in Minnesota, an Amherst College graduate, the founder/owner of Trinity Briefs, and creator of Colloquy.
Topic Discussed: Should secondary education in America value the fine arts over athletics?
Guest:Mike Feinberg — Co-Founder of the Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP), a network of free, open-enrollment, college preparatory public schools serving low-income students and underprivileged communities throughout the United States.
Guest’s Education: B.A., University of Pennsylvania (1992)
Host: Mahesha Subbaraman — A high school Lincoln-Douglas debate coach in Minnesota, an Amherst College graduate, the founder/owner of Trinity Briefs, and creator of Colloquy.
Topic Discussed: Should secondary education in America value the fine arts over athletics?
Guest:Robert Compton —Entrepreneur, Venture Capitalist, and Producer of 2 Million Minutes, a documentary film which offers an international comparison of high schools in America, India, and China, and asks whether American high schools are adequately preparing their students to meet the competitive demands of the global marketplace in the 21st Century.
Guest’s Education: B.A., Principia College (1978); M.B.A., Harvard Business School (1984)
Host: Mahesha Subbaraman — A high school Lincoln-Douglas debate coach in Minnesota, an Amherst College graduate, the founder/owner of Trinity Briefs, and creator of Colloquy.
Topic Discussed: Should secondary education in America value the fine arts over athletics?
Host: Mahesha Subbaraman — A high school Lincoln-Douglas debate coach in Minnesota, an Amherst College graduate, the founder/owner of Trinity Briefs, and creator of Colloquy.
Topic Discussed : Should secondary education in America value the fine arts over athletics?
NCFL Nats '08 LD TopicResolved: That secondary education in America should value the fine arts over athletics.
NCFL Nats '08 PF TopicResolved: That the US Government should increase social services for indigenous peoples in America.
NFL Nats '08 LD TopicResolved: Limiting economic inequality ought to be a more important social goal than maximizing economic freedom.
NFL Nats '08 PF TopicResolved: US policies established after September 11, 2001 have substantially reduced the risk of terrorist acts against the United States.
