Sphere Summit
2022 Sphere Summit: Incorporating Civic Culture into Advanced Subjects
Sphere Summit, a full‐scholarship professional development program for grades 5–12 educators, will be offered both July 10–July 14 and July 24–July 28.
Event Details
Dates and Times
Location
Cato Institute 1000 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20001About
Applications are open for Sphere Summit: Teaching Civic Culture Together summer 2022! Sphere Summit, a full‐scholarship professional development program for grades 5–12 educators, returns as a fully in‐person experience in Washington, DC, and will run July 10–14 and July 24–28. Benefits include room and board, 20+ hours of professional development, classroom resources, and a $500 travel stipend upon completion of the program.
The Sphere Summit is a full scholarship summer program for grades 5–12 educators and administrators.
The Sphere Summit features presentations by leading policymakers, scholars, and academics, who discuss key public policy issues facing our nation today. The Summit also features professional development workshops conducted by leaders in civic education.
The Sphere Summit aims to restore a spirit of civil, constructive, and respectful discourse and engagement and to return facts, analysis, and research to primacy as the vehicles for discussion and debate.
Program Schedule
Sunday, July 24
REGISTRATION
WELCOME RECEPTION
WELCOME REMARKS
Peter Goettler
President and CEO, Cato Institute
DINNER PROGRAM: A CONVERSATION WITH YASCHA MOUNK
Yascha Mounk
Associate Professor of the Practice of International Affairs, Johns Hopkins University
DINNER
Monday, July 25
BREAKFAST
CIVIC CULTURE AND FOUNDATION
Is Free Speech Being Chilled in the Classroom – And Beyond?
Jonathan Rauch
Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, Brookings Institution
Nadine Strossen
Former President, American Civil Liberties Union; and John Marshall Harlan II Professor of Law Emerita, New York Law School
BREAK
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POLICY DISCUSSIONS Monique Morrisey |
LUNCH
| POLICY DISCUSSIONS Breakout Sessions I) Financial Literacy and Tax Policy Zoe Callaway Manager of Education and Outreach, TaxEDU Scott A. Hodge President, Tax Foundation II) Liberty and Literature: Who Decides? Robert Corn‐Revere Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP Patricia Hardy State Board of Education Member, District 11, Texas Meg Kilgannon Senior Fellow for Education Studies, Family Research Council Heidi Thomas Special Education Teacher, Arapahoe High School |
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| APPLICATION WORKSHOPS Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression Foundation for Teaching Economics National Constitution Center |
| APPLICATION WORKSHOPS Allan Carey Director, Sphere Education Initiatives Caryn Rossiter Manager and Senior Trainer, Sphere Education Initiatives |
BREAK
RECEPTION
DINNER PROGRAM: A CONVERSATION WITH DANA KOPELMAN
Dana Kopelman
Executive Director of AP Instruction, College Board
DINNER
Tuesday, July 26
BREAKFAST
UNDERSTANDING EACH OTHER
Three Most Pressing Problems
David Boaz
Distinguished Senior Fellow, Cato Institute
John Hudak
Deputy Director, Center for Effective Public Management, and Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, Brookings Institution
Ramesh Ponnuru
Editor, National Review, and Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
BREAK
| UNDERSTANDING EACH OTHER Causes and Consequences of Inflation Steve H. Hanke Professor of Economics and Founder of the Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health, and Study of Business Enterprise, Johns Hopkins University Caryn Rossiter Manager and Senior Trainer, Sphere Education Initiatives |
LUNCH
| POLICY DISCUSSIONS Foreign Policy: The Role of the United States Abroad Eric Gomez Director of Defense Policy Studies, Cato Institute Katie Kizer Foreign Policy Writer and Strategist Matthew Kroenig Professor, Department of Government and the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University |
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
The Healthcare Divide
Michael Cannon
Director of Health Policy Studies, Cato Institute
Katie Keith
Principal, Keith Policy Solutions LLC, and Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown Law
BREAK
| POLICY DISCUSSIONS Approaches to Diversity in Education Irshad Manji Founder, Moral Courage College Erec Smith Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Composition, York College Emerson Sykes Staff Attorney, ACLU Speech, Privacy and Technology Project |
APPLICATION WORKSHOPS
Moral Courage College
FREE EVENING IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
Wednesday, July 27
BREAKFAST
(Hotel)
| APPLICATION WORKSHOP Bill of Rights Institute iCivics Retro Report |
BREAK
| POLICY DISCUSSIONS Breakout Sessions I) Cryptocurrency Norbert Michel Vice President and Director of the Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives Cody Carbone Director of Policy, Digital Chamber of Commerce II) Teaching Civic Culture Across Disciplines Mary Foyle English and Civics Teacher, Lunenburg High School Samantha Hedges Program Manager, Heterodox Academy John Quesenberry AP Government and AP U.S. History teacher, Woodrow Wilson High School Kelly Young‐Raymore Government, History, and Social Justice teacher, River Rouge High School |
LUNCH
| POLICY DISCUSSIONS Breakout Sessions Social Media and Tech Policy Will Duffield Policy Analyst, Cato Institute Jennifer Huddleston Policy Counsel, NetChoice Nicol Turner Lee Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, and Director of the Center for Technology Innovation, Brookings Institution Carrie Sheffield Senior Policy Analyst, Independent Women’s Forum II) Cases Before the Court Caroline Fredrickson Distinguished Visitor from Practice, Georgetown Law Walter Olson Senior Fellow, Cato Institute Ilya Somin Professor of Law, Antonin Scalia Law School |
| APPLICATION WORKSHOPS Finding Time for Hard Topics Dean Graziano Vice President of Education, Izzit.org Debate and Civil Discourse David Trigaux Program Director, Washington Urban Debate League |
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| POLICY DISCUSSION The Health of our Democracy Jonathan Rauch Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, Brookings Institution John Samples Vice President, Cato Institute Ruy Teixeira Nonresident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute |
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RECEPTION
| DINNER PROGRAM: A CONVERSATION WITH MEMBERS OF CONGRESS Moderated by Jeffrey Vanderslice Director of Government Affairs, Cato Institute |
Thursday, July 28
BRUNCH
SPHERE ON THE ROAD
CLOSING REMARKS