Chester E. Finn "How to Educate an American: The Conservative Vision for Tomorrow's Schools "

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Bill Bennett

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🗓️ 24 February 2020

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Chester E. Finn joined Bill to discuss the new book "How to Educate an American: The Conservative Vision for Tomorrow's Schools ". Chester is the Distinguished Senior Fellow & President Emeritus, Thomas B. Fordham Institute, and Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, hello, hello, I look Claude Jennings, how are you?
0:03.2	Dr. Bennett, how are you?
0:04.3	I'm good.
0:05.3	Welcome back to the Bill Bennett show.
0:07.3	It's the podcast that helps you translate Trump, in case you think he needs translation.
0:12.0	I guess Bill Barthix. We'll talk about that.
0:17.0	Joining me today is Chester E Finn. I call him Checker Finn. He worked for me.
0:21.0	He's a distinguished senior fellow and president
0:23.0	to Thomas B Fordham Institute, Senior Fellow,
0:25.6	the Hoover Institution of Stanford.
0:27.2	He is the most well-informed person
0:30.0	on American education and has been for the last 25 years.
0:33.2	He's a Harvard graduate and pretty conservative guy.
0:36.5	I think he's a Democrat, but I think it's a pretty conservative guy.
0:39.9	He's not a Trump guy, but he's very sensible otherwise. We're going we're going to talk
0:47.0	about the book he and his colleague Mike patrilly put together how to educate
0:51.5	in America the conservative vision for tomorrow's
0:53.9	schools I have an essay in that book right full disclosure but before we do that a
0:59.2	couple things I'd like to discuss bill bar I mentioned the intro show. He's a friend of mine. I don't talk to him often.
1:07.0	Mrs. Bennett talks to Mrs. Barr, more often than I talk to Bill. He's a very busy guy.
1:11.6	I think he's a very substantial guy. I think he's a very substantial guy.
1:13.3	Sure. I like the look too. I like the rumpled look. I mean he's a big rumpled guy.
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