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"Pure self-reliance is a myth, but systemic change, without personal change, is hollow and dispiriting and ultimately cannot work. Its true that people need to act on their own behalf, but individuals do not developed such dogged self-determination until someone or some institution first helps them grasp that their effort is integral to achieving that goal. It is is this core conviction that allows them to endure as they encounter barriers along the way. This precondition is agency."Founder of Vertex Partnership Academies, Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and author of Agency: The Four Point Plan (F.R.E.E.) for ALL Children to Overcome the Victimhood Narrative and Discover Their Pathway to Power Ian Rowe is our guest today and we are taking a deep dive into education. Ian and Jay are discussing how more and more kids are being told that the system is either rigged against them or they're at fault for not being able to overcome the system, how kids will start to believe those kinds of things if they hear it enough, and how it is the responsibility of the older generation to help the younger generation. Ian has dedicated his life to the service of education and we're grateful that he has chosen to share some of his journey with us on this episode of The Culture Matters Podcast.
Competencies in Civil Discourse, a series on the effectiveness of civil discourse and the skills it requires, will feature an interview with Ian Rowe, Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and cofounder of Vertex Partnership Academies in the Bronx. His schools emphasize empowering youth to develop and exercise their agency in American society. Rowe explores these ideas in his book, Agency: The Four-Point Plan (F.R.E.E.) for All Children to Overcome the Victimhood Narrative and Discover Their Pathway to Power. In this discussion, we'll focus on how rhetorical skill is essential to fostering agency in a free and civil society. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
0:00 - Super Bowl LIX 14:08 - Super Bowl ads 31:25 - DC press corp's "Big Balls" mash-up 48:44 - Nicholas Kass, served with the U.S. Government for 31 years, most recently as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, reacts to DOGE and the cancellation of USAID. You can follow Nick on X @NicholasSKass 01:08:20 - Steven Bucci, visiting fellow in The Heritage Foundation’s Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies, looks at what is feasible in Gaza and what can be done with displaced Gazans 01:26:26 - Ian Rowe, founder of Vertex Partnership Academies, on the messages for black youth from the Super Bowl ads and halftime show. For more on Vertex Partnership Academies vertexacademies.org 01:44:22 - Suburban Values 02:03:59 - Dennis Kneale, former senior editor at the Wall Street Journal and managing editor of Forbes, shares details from his new book The Leadership Genius of Elon Musk. Dennis is also host of the “What’s Bugging Me” podcast on the Ricochet networkSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We're starting off the summer break with #10 of our Top 10 Season 1 episodes. Ever wondered how personal agency can transform lives? In Episode 11 of The KindlED Podcast, Kaity and Adriane welcome author and educational expert Ian Rowe. Ian, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, co-founder of Vertex Partnership Academies, and CEO of Public Prep, shares his inspiring story of personal 'coming of agency.' ABOUT THE GUEST:Ian Rowe is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where he focuses on education and upward mobility, family formation, and adoption. Mr. Rowe is also the cofounder of Vertex Partnership Academies, a new network of character-based International Baccalaureate high schools opening in the Bronx in 2022; the chairman of the board of Spence-Chapin, a nonprofit adoption services organization; and the cofounder of the National Summer School Initiative. He concurrently serves as a senior visiting fellow at the Woodson Center and a writer for the 1776 Unites Campaign.Until July 1, 2020, Mr. Rowe was CEO of Public Prep, a nonprofit network of public charter schools based in the South Bronx and Lower East Side of Manhattan. Before joining Public Prep, he was deputy director of postsecondary success at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, senior vice president of strategic partnerships and public affairs at MTV, director of strategy and performance measurement at the USA Freedom Corps office in the White House, and cofounder and president of Third Millennium Media. Mr. Rowe also joined Teach for America in its early days.Mr. Rowe has been widely published in the popular press, including in the New York Post, The Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Examiner. He is often interviewed on talk radio programs. With his forthcoming book “Agency” (Templeton Press, May 2022), Ian Rowe seeks to inspire young people of all races to build strong families and become masters of their own destinies.RELEVANT LINKS:BLACK MEN MAKING IT IN AMERICA: The Engines of Economic Success for Black Men in AmericaGot a story to share or question you want us to answer? Send us a message!About the podcast:The KindlED Podcast explores the science of nurturing children's potential and creating empowering learning environments.Powered by Prenda, each episode offers actionable insights to help you ignite your child's love of learning today. We'll dive into evidence-based tools and techniques that kindle young learners' curiosity, motivation, and well-being. Got a burning question?We're all ears! If you have a question or topic you'd love our hosts to tackle, please send it to podcast@prenda.com. Let's dive into the conversation together!Important links:• Want more KindlED content?• Connect with us• Subscribe to The Sunday SparkInterested in starting a microschool?Prenda provides all the tools and support you need to start and run an amazing microschool. Create a free Prenda World account to start designing your future microschool today ➡️ Start My Microschool
Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Childhood and Education Roundup #4, published by Zvi on January 31, 2024 on LessWrong. Before we begin, I will note that I have indeed written various thoughts about the three college presidents that appeared before Congress and the resulting controversies, including the disputes regarding plagiarism. However I have excluded them from this post. Discipline and Prohibitions Washington Post Editorial Board says schools should ban smartphones, and parents should help make this happen rather than more often opposing such bans in order to make logistical coordination easier. I agree with the editorial board. Even when not in use, having a phone in one's pocket is a continuous distraction. The ability to use the phone creates immense social and other pressures to use it, or think about using it, continuously. If we are going to keep doing this physically required school thing at all, students need to be fully device-free during the school day except for where we intentionally want them to have access. Having a phone on standby won't work. The Netherlands is going to try it for January 2024, including all electronic devices. Jonathan Haidt, man with a message, highlights Vertex Partnership Academies, which locks all student electronic devices away all day and claims this is a big win all around. They say even the kids appreciate it. With phones available, other kids know you have the option to be on your phone and on social media, so you pay a social price if you do not allow constant distraction. Whereas with phones physically locked away, you can't do anything during school hours, so your failure to do so goes unpunished. Some old school straight talk from David Sedaris. He is wrong, also he is not wrong. He is funny, also he is very funny. This explanation is one more thing that, as much as I hate actually writing without capital letters, makes me more positive on Altman: Sam Altman: mildly interesting observation: i always use capital letters when writing by hand, but usually only type them when doing something that somehow reminds me of being in school. And of course, your periodic reminder department: Alyssa Vance: In California, it is legally rape for two high school seniors to have consensual sex with each other. This is dumb, and people should be allowed to say it's dumb without being accused of coddling rapists. I do not pretend to know exactly what the right rules are, but this is not it. If there is no substantial age gap, it shouldn't be statutory rape. A disobedience guide for children, addressed to those facing physical abuse. The issue is that children mostly only have the ability to inflict damage. You can break windows, or hit back, or tell people you're being abused, or run away, or otherwise make the situation worse to get what you want. A lot of unfortunately this is a symmetric weapon. A child can inflict a lot of damage and make life worse if they want to do that, and can do that with any goal in mind however righteous or tyrannical. The asymmetry hopefully arrives in a selective willingness to go to total war. Bad stuff that happens to you in childhood makes you a less happy adult (direct). Bad stuff here includes financial difficulties, death of a parent, divorce, prolonged absence of a parent, health issues, bullying and physical or sexual abuse. Definitely a study I expect to replicate and that we mostly did not need to run, yet I am coming around to the need to have studies showing such obvious conclusions. People are often rather dense and effect sizes matter. The effect sizes here seem moderate. For example, divorce was associated with an 0.07 point decrease in happiness on a scale where very happy is 3 and not too happy is 1. That's a big deal if real, also not overwhelming. What worries me are the controls. Adverse childhood events are often ...
Link to original articleWelcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Childhood and Education Roundup #4, published by Zvi on January 31, 2024 on LessWrong. Before we begin, I will note that I have indeed written various thoughts about the three college presidents that appeared before Congress and the resulting controversies, including the disputes regarding plagiarism. However I have excluded them from this post. Discipline and Prohibitions Washington Post Editorial Board says schools should ban smartphones, and parents should help make this happen rather than more often opposing such bans in order to make logistical coordination easier. I agree with the editorial board. Even when not in use, having a phone in one's pocket is a continuous distraction. The ability to use the phone creates immense social and other pressures to use it, or think about using it, continuously. If we are going to keep doing this physically required school thing at all, students need to be fully device-free during the school day except for where we intentionally want them to have access. Having a phone on standby won't work. The Netherlands is going to try it for January 2024, including all electronic devices. Jonathan Haidt, man with a message, highlights Vertex Partnership Academies, which locks all student electronic devices away all day and claims this is a big win all around. They say even the kids appreciate it. With phones available, other kids know you have the option to be on your phone and on social media, so you pay a social price if you do not allow constant distraction. Whereas with phones physically locked away, you can't do anything during school hours, so your failure to do so goes unpunished. Some old school straight talk from David Sedaris. He is wrong, also he is not wrong. He is funny, also he is very funny. This explanation is one more thing that, as much as I hate actually writing without capital letters, makes me more positive on Altman: Sam Altman: mildly interesting observation: i always use capital letters when writing by hand, but usually only type them when doing something that somehow reminds me of being in school. And of course, your periodic reminder department: Alyssa Vance: In California, it is legally rape for two high school seniors to have consensual sex with each other. This is dumb, and people should be allowed to say it's dumb without being accused of coddling rapists. I do not pretend to know exactly what the right rules are, but this is not it. If there is no substantial age gap, it shouldn't be statutory rape. A disobedience guide for children, addressed to those facing physical abuse. The issue is that children mostly only have the ability to inflict damage. You can break windows, or hit back, or tell people you're being abused, or run away, or otherwise make the situation worse to get what you want. A lot of unfortunately this is a symmetric weapon. A child can inflict a lot of damage and make life worse if they want to do that, and can do that with any goal in mind however righteous or tyrannical. The asymmetry hopefully arrives in a selective willingness to go to total war. Bad stuff that happens to you in childhood makes you a less happy adult (direct). Bad stuff here includes financial difficulties, death of a parent, divorce, prolonged absence of a parent, health issues, bullying and physical or sexual abuse. Definitely a study I expect to replicate and that we mostly did not need to run, yet I am coming around to the need to have studies showing such obvious conclusions. People are often rather dense and effect sizes matter. The effect sizes here seem moderate. For example, divorce was associated with an 0.07 point decrease in happiness on a scale where very happy is 3 and not too happy is 1. That's a big deal if real, also not overwhelming. What worries me are the controls. Adverse childhood events are often ...
This week on The Learning Curve, guest co-hosts Prof. Albert Cheng of the University of Arkansas and Ian Rowe,the founder of Vertex Partnership Academies in NYC, interview Dr. Carol Swain, an award-winning political scientist. Dr. Swain discusses her background growing up in rural Virginia, experiences with racial discrimination and segregation in K-12 schooling, and changes […]
This week on The Learning Curve, guest co-hosts Prof. Albert Cheng of the University of Arkansas and Ian Rowe, the founder of Vertex Partnership Academies in NYC, interview Dr. Carol Swain, an award-winning political scientist. Dr. Swain discusses her background growing up in rural Virginia, experiences with racial discrimination and segregation in K-12 schooling, and changes in the intellectual climate on college campuses. She shares the role of faith in promoting literacy and justice, the legacies of MLK and Malcolm X, the 1619 Project, her work with 1776 Unites, and her belief in the importance of public intellectuals speaking their minds.
Ian Rowe, an American Enterprise Institute senior fellow and cofounder of the Bronx-based Vertex Partnership Academies, joins Hoover senior fellows Niall Ferguson and John Cochrane to discuss the future of public education and charter schools' role in the quest for better outcomes. What lessons does a virtues-based public charter high school in New York City offer to the ideal of education as a path to life success? Ian Rowe, an American Enterprise Institute senior fellow and cofounder of the Bronx-based Vertex Partnership Academies, joins Hoover senior fellows Niall Ferguson and John Cochrane to discuss the future of public education and charter schools' role in the quest for better outcomes. After that: Niall and John weigh in on the potential for economic turmoil in a time of global instability; a hypothetical outsider as House Speaker; plus their like and dislike of the Olympic Games.
In this episode, Tudor interviews Ian Rowe, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and founder of Vertex Partnership Academies. They discuss the impact of social media on students, the importance of parental involvement, and the strategies implemented in Rowe's charter school to combat these issues. Rowe emphasizes the importance of virtues like courage, justice, temperance, and wisdom in education, and the role of religion, family, and entrepreneurship in breaking the cycle of disadvantage. He also rejects the idea of victimhood, advocating for personal agency and determination in students. The Tudor Dixon Podcast is part of the Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Podcast Network - new episodes debut every Monday, Wednesday, & Friday. For more visit TudorDixonPodcast.comFollow Clay & Buck on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/clayandbuckSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In this episode, Tudor interviews Ian Rowe, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and founder of Vertex Partnership Academies. They discuss the impact of social media on students, the importance of parental involvement, and the strategies implemented in Rowe's charter school to combat these issues. Rowe emphasizes the importance of virtues like courage, justice, temperance, and wisdom in education, and the role of religion, family, and entrepreneurship in breaking the cycle of disadvantage. He also rejects the idea of victimhood, advocating for personal agency and determination in students. The Tudor Dixon Podcast is part of the Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Podcast Network - new episodes debut every Monday, Wednesday, & Friday. For more visit TudorDixonPodcast.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In this episode, Tudor interviews Ian Rowe, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and founder of Vertex Partnership Academies. They discuss the impact of social media on students, the importance of parental involvement, and the strategies implemented in Rowe's charter school to combat these issues. Rowe emphasizes the importance of virtues like courage, justice, temperance, and wisdom in education, and the role of religion, family, and entrepreneurship in breaking the cycle of disadvantage. He also rejects the idea of victimhood, advocating for personal agency and determination in students. The Tudor Dixon Podcast is part of the Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Podcast Network - new episodes debut every Monday, Wednesday, & Friday. For more visit TudorDixonPodcast.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In Episode 11 of The KindlED Podcast, hosts Kaity and Adriane welcome author and educational expert Ian Rowe. Ian, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, co-founder of Vertex Partnership Academies, and CEO of Public Prep, shares his inspiring story of personal 'coming of agency.' ABOUT THE GUEST:Ian Rowe is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where he focuses on education and upward mobility, family formation, and adoption. Mr. Rowe is also the cofounder of Vertex Partnership Academies, a new network of character-based International Baccalaureate high schools opening in the Bronx in 2022; the chairman of the board of Spence-Chapin, a nonprofit adoption services organization; and the cofounder of the National Summer School Initiative. He concurrently serves as a senior visiting fellow at the Woodson Center and a writer for the 1776 Unites Campaign.Until July 1, 2020, Mr. Rowe was CEO of Public Prep, a nonprofit network of public charter schools based in the South Bronx and Lower East Side of Manhattan. Before joining Public Prep, he was deputy director of postsecondary success at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, senior vice president of strategic partnerships and public affairs at MTV, director of strategy and performance measurement at the USA Freedom Corps office in the White House, and cofounder and president of Third Millennium Media. Mr. Rowe also joined Teach for America in its early days.Mr. Rowe has been widely published in the popular press, including in the New York Post, The Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Examiner. He is often interviewed on talk radio programs. With his forthcoming book "Agency" (Templeton Press, May 2022), Ian Rowe seeks to inspire young people of all races to build strong families and become masters of their own destinies.RELEVANT LINKS:
Happy Father's Day! For today's episode, a conversation about fatherhood with three dads who have thought a lot about parenthood, masculinity and being a dad in a world stripped of convention. Richard Reeves is a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, and the author of the book Of Boys and Men about why boys and men are falling behind in so many aspects of American life. Ryan Holiday is a writer, bookstore owner, Daily Stoic and Daily Dad podcast host. Ian Rowe is a Senior fellow at American Enterprise Institute where he works on issues surrounding education and upward mobility, family formation, adoption. He's also Chairman of the board at the Spence-Chapin adoption organization, author of the book, Agency, and cofounder of Vertex Partnership Academies, a new network of character-based International Baccalaureate high schools in the Bronx. Along with guest host Eli Lake, the four dads talk: fatherhood, marriage and if it matters anymore, what's up with "toxic masculinity," being a role model for boys, adoption, if the rules and traditions of gender are hurting today's dads or if they offer wisdom we need to re-embrace, and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today on the NEGOTIATEx podcast are joined by Ian Rowe, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. Rowe is also the co-founder and C.E.O. of Vertex Partnership Academies, a new network of charter-based International Baccalaureate public high schools in the Bronx. In this episode, Ian illustrates the role of personal agency in empowering young people's lives. Informing young people about the F.R.E.E. framework and the success sequence can help them cultivate agency and make better life decisions.
Sponsor special: Up to $2,500 of FREE silver AND a FREE safe on qualifying orders - Call 855-862-3377 or text “AMERICAN” to 6-5-5-3-2“If you say that there's structural racism, institutional racism, systemic racism, then I have to insist on one other kind of racism. And that is surmountable racism,” says Ian Rowe, co-founder of Vertex Partnership Academies, a new network of character-focused, International Baccalaureate high schools in the Bronx.Prior to this, he was CEO of the Public Prep charter school network for ten years.“What we owe to young people is to tell them the truth about those behaviors that are far more correlated to success: education, work, faith, family formation, usually marriage before children,” Rowe says.Last year, New York's state and city teachers unions sued to block the creation of his new school system. But less than a week before the school was set to open, Rowe's legal team won a decisive victory.All students at Vertex Partnership Academies take a special course called Pathways to Power.“There are no victims in our school, only architects of their own lives,” Rowe says.Follow American Thought Leaders on social media:Twitter: https://twitter.com/AmThoughtLeaderTruth Social: https://truthsocial.com/@AmThoughtLeaderGettr: https://gettr.com/user/amthoughtleaderFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmericanThoughtLeadersGab: https://gab.com/AmThoughtLeaderTelegram: https://t.me/AmThoughtLeader
Check out the newest episode of My Black Book Journal as our host, Danny Brister, Jr., interviews Ian V. Rowe about his book Agency: The Four Point Plan (F.R.E.E.) for All Children to Overcome the Victimhood narrative and discover their pathway to power. Danny's Substack:https://dannybjr.substack.com/Ian Rowe's Bio:Ian Rowe is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where he focuses on education and upward mobility, family formation, and adoption. Mr. Rowe is also the co-founder of Vertex Partnership Academies, a new network of character-based International Baccalaureate high schools opening in the Bronx in 2022; the chairman of the board of Spence-Chapin, a nonprofit adoption services organization; and the cofounder of the National Summer School Initiative. He concurrently serves as a senior visiting fellow at the Woodson Center, and a writer for the 1776 Unites Campaign.Until July 1, 2020, Mr. Rowe was CEO of Public Prep, a nonprofit network of public charter schools based in the South Bronx and Lower East Side of Manhattan. Before joining Public Prep, he was deputy director of postsecondary success at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, senior vice president of strategic partnerships and public affairs at MTV, director of strategy and performance measurement at the USA Freedom Corps office in the White House, and cofounder and president of Third Millennium Media. Mr. Rowe also joined Teach for America in its early days.Mr. Rowe has been widely published in the popular press, including in the New York Post, The Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Examiner. He is often interviewed on talk radio programs. With his forthcoming book “Agency” (Templeton Press, May 2022), Ian Rowe seeks to inspire young people of all races to build strong families and become masters of their own destiny.
In Episode 127 of Cylinder Radio, Will speaks with powerhouse Ian Rowe about challenging the current victim mentality in American mainstream culture. Ian Rowe is the founder of Vertex Partnership Academies and a Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. In addition to serving ten years as CEO of Public Prep, he held leadership positions at Teach for America, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the White House, and MTV, where he earned two Public Service Emmys. Most recently, Ian has published his book called "Agency: The four point plan (F.R.E.E.) for all children to overcome the victimhood narrative and discover their pathway to power". In the episode, Ian and Will discuss trends in the current culture wars, the immigrant mentality vs. the victimhood mentality and why it is hurting our children. Ian lays out the details of his 4-Point plan called FREE (family, religion, education and entrepreneurship) to help children break free from a narrative of victimhood and achieve success. — LEARN MORE ABOUT IAN ROWE — His Book 'Agency': https://www.thefreeframework.com/ More Information: https://www.aei.org/profile/ian-rowe/ Vertex Partnerships Academies: https://www.vertexacademies.org/1776 Unites: https://1776unites.org/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/IanVRowe — HELP ME SUPPORT DECRIMINALIZE NATURE — Website: https://www.decriminalizenature.org/ Donate: https://www.decriminalizenature.org/contribute My podcast interview: https://youtu.be/S07T1SFAZgM — LISTEN TO CYLINDER RADIO — Website: https://cylinderradio.libsyn.com/ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cylinder-radio/id1448662116 YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLon6GBsGLBQs21-45o3Iixr7DvhnbHZ1T — SUPPORT MY WORK — Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/willreusch Instagram: https://instagram.com/willreusch My Website: https://willreusch.com
Ian Rowe, founder of the Vertex Partnership Academies in New York and a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, discusses the lessson he describes in his new book, Agency. The book outlines what Rowe calls a four-point plan for all children to overcome the victimhood narrative. This includes a different approach to education as well as emphases on family, religion, and entrepreneurship. https://templetonpress.org/books/agency/ https://www.vertexacademies.org/
Givers, Doers, & Thinkers—A Podcast on Philanthropy and Civil Society
This week on Givers, Doers, & Thinkers, Jeremy chats with the Ian Rowe about why we need to replace our obsession with equity with the empowering concept of agency. Ian V. Rowe is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where he focuses on education and upward mobility, family formation, and adoption. He is co-founder & CEO of Vertex Partnership Academies, a new network of character-based, International Baccalaureate public charter high schools opening in the Bronx in 2022. He is widely published and quoted in the popular press, including The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, C-SPAN, the New York Post, and the Washington Examiner. With his recent book Agency, Ian Rowe seeks to inspire young people of all races to build strong families and become masters of their own destiny.To kick off the conversation, Ian shares about being a son of Jamaican immigrants in the 1960s and the wisdom and mindset his father passed down to him as a young man. Inspiring questions such as: How do we create better environments for young people to flourish? Why do young people feel like they have little control over their future? Ian identifies the trapping narratives that deprive people of a sense of agency and why it is such a hard concept to accept by those who follow the victimhood narrative. He then outlines how to address this issue in ways attainable for people from all backgrounds. Noting that, shockingly, the “gatekeepers” for the less advantaged don't always know what is best.Today's GDT Reader's Guide recommendation comes from American Philanthropic's Chief Solutions Officer, Kieran Raval. He shares Peter Thiel's book, Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future. Kieran identifies helpful takeaways like "taking risks is good," "having a bad plan is better than no plan," and "sales and product both matter," and how it applies to nonprofits. You can find Givers, Doers, & Thinkers here at Philanthropy Daily, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, Buzzsprout, and wherever you listen to podcasts.We'd love to hear your thoughts, ideas, questions, and recommendations for the podcast! You can shoot Katie Janus, GDT's producer, an email anytime!
With school back in session for the year, it's a good time to take a look at the lessons that we're passing on to the next generation of children. Are we giving them the tools that they need to succeed in life? Tara's guest on the program today thinks there's room for improvement. And his new book takes aim at the “blame the system” and “blame the victim” cultural narratives that he believes impede kids' ability to recognize, and harness, their own agency. Ian Rowe is an educator and entrepreneur, and the founder of Vertex Partnership Academies. He's a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and a visiting fellow at the Woodson Center. He's also on the board of advisors for the Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism. His new book is Agency.
On this episode of Take Back Our Schools, Andrew and Beth welcome education innovator and author Ian Rowe. Ian shares his own personal story coming from an immigrant family which ignited his passion for education. He discusses his framework F.R.E.E. - family, religion, education and entrepreneurship - which serves as an alternative to the toxic and divisive victimhood narrative currently ascendant in our nation's schools. Ian also talks about the charter high school he cofounded in the Bronx, NY, and the vitriol he has received from teachers unions over his efforts to launch this brand new school. Ian is the cofounder of Vertex Partnership Academies, a new network of character-based International Baccalaureate high schools just recently opened in the Bronx, NY. Ian is also a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where he focuses on education and upward mobility, family formation, and adoption. Ian also serves as a senior visiting fellow at the Woodson Center and a writer for its 1776 Unites effort. Ian is also the author of Agency: The Four Point Plan (F.R.E.E.) for ALL Children to Overcome the Victimhood Narrative and Discover Their Pathway to Power, published in May 2022. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode of the FAIR News Weekly Podcast, we cover the news from the week ending Friday, 9/2/22. Read all the stories mentioned in the episode in FAIR News and FAIR Weekly Roundup, our two newsletters each emailed once a week. Sign up for our emailed newsletters at FairForAll.org/JoinUs. FAIR News 9/1: https://bit.ly/3q56aBl FAIR Weekly Roundup 8/28: https://bit.ly/3COKgKl The Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism (FAIR) is a nonpartisan organization dedicated to advancing civil rights and liberties for all Americans, and promoting a common culture based on fairness, understanding and humanity. Follow us on social media! Twitter: https://twitter.com/fairforall_org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Foundation-Against-Intolerance-Racism-10417260496818 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fairforall_org/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/foundation-against-intolerance-and-racism Podcast Narrated by Gabriel Ashton Brown. Music by Rebecca Nisco. Produced by Joseph (Jake) Klein.
My guest today is Ian Rowe. Ian is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and the founder of Vertex Partnership Academies. He's also an educator who ran a charter school called Public Prep in the South Bronx for many years. In this episode, we discuss his new book "Agency". We talk about the obstacles facing low-income Black and Hispanic kids at the schools Ian teaches in. We discuss the problems with the narratives handed to these kids by both the left and the right which Ian calls the "blame the system" mindset and the "blame the victim" mindset respectively. We talk about the challenges faced by charter schools in general and the political opposition they face. We also talk about the role of religion and upward mobility and much more. -Get 20% Off and Free Shipping with the code [20COLEMAN] at Manscaped.com. That's 20% off with free shipping at manscaped.com and use code [20COLEMAN].-Sign up through wren.co/coleman to make a difference in the climate crisis, and Wren will plant 10 extra trees in your name!-Sign up today at butcherbox.com/COLEMAN to get two, 10 oz New York strip steaks and 8 oz of lobster claw and knuckle meat FREE in your first order.
My guest today is Ian Rowe. Ian is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and the founder of Vertex Partnership Academies. He's also an educator who ran a charter school called Public Prep in the South Bronx for many years. In this episode, we discuss his new book "Agency". We talk about the obstacles facing low-income Black and Hispanic kids at the schools Ian teaches in. We discuss the problems with the narratives handed to these kids by both the left and the right which Ian calls the "blame the system" mindset and the "blame the victim" mindset respectively. We talk about the challenges faced by charter schools in general and the political opposition they face. We also talk about the role of religion and upward mobility and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
My guest today is Ian Rowe. Ian is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and the founder of Vertex Partnership Academies. He's also an educator who ran a charter school called Public Prep in the South Bronx for many years. In this episode, we discuss his new book "Agency". We talk about the obstacles facing low-income Black and Hispanic kids at the schools Ian teaches in. We discuss the problems with the narratives handed to these kids by both the left and the right which Ian calls the "blame the system" mindset and the "blame the victim" mindset respectively. We talk about the challenges faced by charter schools in general and the political opposition they face. We also talk about the role of religion and upward mobility and much more. -Get 20% Off and Free Shipping with the code [20COLEMAN] at Manscaped.com. That's 20% off with free shipping at manscaped.com and use code [20COLEMAN].-Sign up through wren.co/coleman to make a difference in the climate crisis, and Wren will plant 10 extra trees in your name!-Sign up today at butcherbox.com/COLEMAN to get two, 10 oz New York strip steaks and 8 oz of lobster claw and knuckle meat FREE in your first order.
The founder of Vertex Partnership Academies, a nonprofit charter school network, Ian Rowe, joins Paul Peterson to discuss the opening of Vertex Academies, a new charter high school set to open this month in the Bronx, New York City.
We've heard a great deal lately about education in America, from discussions about school choice post-COVID restrictions to whether or not curriculum is being developed that helps children learn to succeed at something more than simply activism. Our guest today has a keen interest in all these issues and has written a book called, “Agency: The Four Point Plan (F.R.E.E.) for All Children to Overcome the Victimhood Narrative and Discover Their Pathway to Power” (Templeton Press, 2022). The book lays out strategies to help children learn more about what they accomplish rather than what holds them back. Please welcome to the Influence Watch podcast Ian V. Rowe, Senior Fellow at AEI and Senor Visiting Fellow at The Woodson Center, as well as founder and CEO of Vertex Partnership Academies, a nonprofit charter school management organization. Links: Ian Rowe bio: https://www.aei.org/profile/ian-rowe/ Vertex Partnership Academies: https://www.vertexacademies.org/ Book: https://www.amazon.com/Agency-F-R-Children-Victimhood-Narrative/dp/1599475839/ref=ascdf1599475839/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=509159799352&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=3031156760453569912&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9010800&hvtargid=pla-1224410820858&psc=1 Follow our socials: • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/capitalresearchcenter • Twitter: https://twitter.com/capitalresearch • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/capitalresearchcenter • YouTube: https://bit.ly/CRCYouTube • Rumble: https://rumble.com/capitalresearch • Gettr: https://gettr.com/user/capitalresearch
If there were a Mount Rushmore of American Black intellectuals, the three guests on this show would certainly be on it: Glenn Loury is a professor of the social sciences in the Department of economics at Brown, a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution, and the host of his wildly successful podcast, The Glenn Show. Ian Rowe is the cofounder of Vertex Partnership Academies and the author of the new book Agency: The Four Point Plan (F.R.E.E.) for ALL Children to Overcome the Victimhood Narrative and Discover Their Pathway to Power. Robert Woodson is the founder of the Woodson Center, an organization devoted to “empowering community-based leaders to promote solutions that reduce crime and violence, restore families, revitalize underserved communities, and assist in the creation of economic enterprise.” In this wide-ranging conversation, the three men debunk The 1619 Project, advocate for the restoration of the Black family and the Black church, describe their own very different upbringings and formative experiences, and discuss the many reasons why they are optimistic about the future of Black Americans, despite the narrative commonly expressed in the media. Recorded on May 13, 2022, at the Old Parkland Conference in Dallas, Texas.
On this episode of the Giving Ventures podcast, Peter interviews Ian Rowe, author of the new book "Agency: The Four Point Plan (F.R.E.E.) for ALL Children to Overcome the Victimhood Narrative and Discover Their Pathway to Power," senior fellow at American Enterprise Institute and co-founder of Vertex Partnership Academies, a world-class charter high school, the first campus of which opened its doors this year in the Bronx. This wide-ranging conversation explores Ian's experience as an education entrepreneur, what donors can learn from his time at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, non-profits that are advancing the idea of agency, and so much more.
This week we talk to Ian V. Rowe, Senior Fellow at American Enterprise Institute, founder of Vertex Partnership Academies, and author of the new book Agency: The Four Point Plan (F.R.E.E.) for ALL Children to Overcome the Victimhood Narrative and Discover Their Pathway to Power.Support the show
On this episode of The Report Card, Nat interviews Ian Rowe, senior fellow at AEI, cofounder of Vertex Partnership Academies, and the author of Agency: The Four Point Plan (F.R.E.E.) for ALL Children to Overcome the Victimhood Narrative and Discover Their Pathway to Power. Nat and Ian discuss what the “blame the victim” and the […]
On this episode of The Report Card, https://www.aei.org/profile/nathaniel-n-malkus/ (Nat) interviews https://www.aei.org/profile/ian-rowe/ (Ian Rowe), senior fellow at AEI, cofounder of Vertex Partnership Academies, and the author of https://www.amazon.com/Agency-F-R-Children-Victimhood-Narrative/dp/1599475839/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2LI1G2LP1ML1&keywords=ian+rowe+agency&qid=1655315480&s=books&sprefix=ian+rowe+%2Cstripbooks%2C50&sr=1-1#customerReviews (Agency: The Four Point Plan (F.R.E.E.) for ALL Children to Overcome the Victimhood Narrative and Discover Their Pathway to Power). Nat and Ian discuss what the "blame the victim" and the "blame the system" narratives get wrong, Teach for America, the importance of mediating institutions in developing agency within the individual, the state of music videos, why young people want to be taught the success sequence, charter schools, Ian's parents' education in Jamaica, what students can learn from investing in the stock market, MLK, why morality must be a part of agency, F.R.E.E., why family and entrepreneurship broadly understood are important for building agency, why it is harmful when teachers overemphasize systemic racism, and much more. Show Notes: https://www.amazon.com/Agency-F-R-Children-Victimhood-Narrative/dp/1599475839/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2LI1G2LP1ML1&keywords=ian+rowe+agency&qid=1655315480&s=books&sprefix=ian+rowe+%2Cstripbooks%2C50&sr=1-1#customerReviews (Agency: The Four Point Plan (F.R.E.E.) for ALL Children to Overcome the Victimhood Narrative and Discover Their Pathway to Power) https://nypost.com/2022/06/04/heres-why-all-students-need-agency-rather-than-equity/ (Here's why all students need agency rather than ‘equity') https://www.vertexacademies.org (Vertex Partnership Academies) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6NpdwOp9cQ&t=1s (Building Successful High Schools)
In this episode we speak with Ian Rowe. We discuss his origin story, The Success Sequence, being racialized in America, the phenomenon of acting white, and the difference between equity and equal opportunity. We also learn about his new charter school network, discuss how to help disadvantaged kids, and touch on the relationship between meta narratives and individual agency. Ian is an author and educator, as well as co-founder and CEO of Vertex Partnership Academies, a new network of character-based International Baccalaureate high schools opening in the Bronx in August of 2022. Mr. Rowe is also a resident Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where he focuses on education, upward mobility, family formation, and adoption. Mr. Rowe is a social entrepreneur with more than 30 years of experience founding and leading organizations in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors that empower young people to effect positive change in their own lives. He is also the author of the recent book Agency, which seeks to inspire young people to overcome the victimhood narrative and discover the pathway to power.
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Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis is joined by Ian Rowe and Nique Fajors—two black Harvard Business School graduates—who hope to change the narrative and highlight the positive achievements of black men in the United States. What is wrong with the common narrative surrounding black men? How much has changed over recent decades and are those changes adequately reflected in the narrative? Ian and Nique host The Invisible Men, a podcast and video platform interviewing successful black men. In the aftermath of Rodney King's assault by police officers in the 90s and his attackers' subsequent acquittal, Ian Rowe and Nique Fajors grew weary of a public narrative proclaiming that black men in America were doomed to failure under an oppressive system. A feeling of invisibleness struck both Ian and Nique who were then Harvard Business School classmates as the stories of men like them became increasingly ignored in the public eye. Today, Ian and Nique have resurrected “The Invisible Men” as a video podcast. In their inaugural episode, Ian and Nique share their inspiration behind launching “The Invisible Men” documentary in the 90s and discuss why—30 years later—their message of agency and empowerment is needed more than ever. About Ian Rowe Ian Rowe is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where he focuses on education and upward mobility, family formation, and adoption. Mr. Rowe is also the cofounder of Vertex Partnership Academies, a new network of character-based International Baccalaureate high schools opening in the Bronx in 2022; the chairman of the board of Spence-Chapin, a nonprofit adoption services organization; and the cofounder of the National Summer School Initiative. He concurrently serves as a senior visiting fellow at the Woodson Center and a writer for the 1776 Unites Campaign. Until July 1, 2020, Mr. Rowe was CEO of Public Prep, a nonprofit network of public charter schools based in the South Bronx and Lower East Side of Manhattan. Before joining Public Prep, he was deputy director of postsecondary success at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, senior vice president of strategic partnerships and public affairs at MTV, director of strategy and performance measurement at the USA Freedom Corps office in the White House, and cofounder and president of Third Millennium Media. Mr. Rowe also joined Teach for America in its early days. Mr. Rowe has an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was the first black editor-in-chief of The Harbus, the Harvard Business School newspaper; a BS in computer science engineering from Cornell University; and a diploma in electrical engineering from Brooklyn Technical High School (Brooklyn Tech), one of New York City's elite public schools, which specializes in science, technology, and mathematics. You can follow Mr. Rowe on Twitter @IanVRowe About Nique Fajors Nique Fajors is a business leader in retail, e-Commerce, software entertainment, and organizational development. Mr. Fajors has launched over 85 e-Commerce products and services generating over $2.1 billion. A nationally respected business thought leader, he has been quoted in the New York Times, The Financial Times, and Business Week and been a speaker at TEDx. You can follow Mr. Fajors on Twitter @NFajors
How and what are we teaching about our history and the American promise? Cofounder of Vertex Partnership Academies, author and writer for the 1776 Unites Campaign, AEI Senior Fellow Ian Rowe (@IanVRowe) joins Jeanne in Piazza to discuss how we can reclaim opportunity across the world, what Rowe calls 'surmountable racism' in America, and more. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/inpiazza/support
Public education in New York City is far from what it once was, Ian Rowe, a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, says. “I had a great public school education in New York City kindergarten through 12th grade,” Rowe says.But today, he says, New York City's public schools aren't meeting the needs of students. He notes that in the South Bronx, for example, “only 2%" of students who started ninth grade in 2015 graduated from high school "ready for college."Different factors contributed to this decline, but with students struggling to read and do basic math, Rowe says, ideologies such as critical race theory serve only as a “distraction.” In 2022, Rowe says, he plans to launch Vertex Partnership Academies in the Bronx, a network of charter-based international baccalaureate high schools. Rowe joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss why he promotes school choice options in New York and to explain why critical race theory doesn't benefit students.We also cover these stories:President Biden meets the press in Geneva after meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.Putin dodges reporters' questions about his human rights record and Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says she is concerned by the leak of private taxpayer information to the media outlet ProPublica.Enjoy the show! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
In today's episode of the Global Wire Conversation, Ralph is talking to Ian Rowe of the American Enterprise Institute. Mr. Rowe is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where he focuses on education and upward mobility, family formation, and adoption. Mr. Rowe is also the cofounder of Vertex Partnership Academies, a new network of character-based International Baccalaureate high schools opening in the Bronx in 2022; the chairman of the board of Spence-Chapin, a nonprofit adoption services organization; and the cofounder of the National Summer School Initiative. He concurrently serves as a senior visiting fellow at the Woodson Center and a writer for the 1776 Unites Campaign. Make sure to follow his work and commentary on Twitter at https://twitter.com/IanVRowe and at AEI https://www.aei.org/profile/ian-rowe/ In our conversation we cover the role of education in the empowerment of socially disadvantaged communities, whether a value-free education is possible or even desireable, the impact of Critical Race Theory as well as an emerging new group of African-American Intellectuals that defend classical liberal values. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the1020/support