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JONES DETAILS PUBLIC EDUCATION ROOTS AT LUNCHEON |
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February 16, 2009
GROVE CITY, Pa. – Dr. Steven Jones, Grove City College associate professor of sociology, will examine the Founders’ influence on public education and the growth of Muslim education in America during the March 10 American Founders Luncheon, hosted by The Center for Vision & Values at Grove City College. The luncheon, “Let Their First Word Be ‘Washington’: The Founders and Public Education,” is scheduled to take place at the Rivers Club in Pittsburgh.
Sponsored by the Center and the Pittsburgh Federalist Society, the American Founders Luncheon Series brings to Pittsburgh respected scholars on America’s founding to present talks focused on the beliefs, actions and character of those leaders who pursued a “Great Experiment” in whether humans are capable of governing themselves.
Jones has taught at Grove City since 2004. He is a coach of the College’s nationally recognized debate team and the coordinator of the student fellows program at the Center. Prior to arriving in Grove City, he was associate director of the Pew Research Center on Religion and Democracy at the University of Virginia and a Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture in Charlottesville, Va. He has also received fellowships from the Center for Children, Families and the Law and the Civitas Forum.
Jones is the author of “Religious Schooling in America: Private Education and Public Life” (Praeger) and co-editor of a three-volume set entitled “Church-State Issues in America Today” (Praeger). He is currently working on a research project focusing on the intersection between parental freedoms, children’s rights and interests, and advances in genetic or psychopharmacological treatments.
The Founders Luncheon costs $17.76. To register, log onto http://afls.grovecityconference.com/washington or contact Brenda Vinton at (724) 450-1541 or blvinton@gcc.edu. Registration begins at 11:45 a.m. The program runs from noon to 12:50 p.m. The Rivers Club is located at One Oxford Centre, 301 Grant St., Pittsburgh, Pa.
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