Hillsdale College's Kirby Center Hosts Max Eden of the Manhattan Institute

WASHINGTON, April 25, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- On Thursday, April 26, Hillsdale College's Allan P. Kirby, Jr. Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship will host a lecture from Manhattan Institute senior fellow Max Eden as part of the AWC Family Foundation Lecture series. Eden's lecture, titled "How the Department of Education Makes Schools Less Safe," draws on his experience as an education policy scholar to explore the current school safety and gun control debate.

Mr. Eden is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute studying federal education policy, school choice and early education. He was previously the education policy studies department program manager at the American Enterprise Institute and is a co-editor, alongside Frederick M. Hess, of The Every Student Succeeds Act: What It Means for Schools, Systems and States. His work has also been published in academic journals and national media outlets, including Journal of School Choice, Encyclopedia of Education Economics and Finance, The Washington Post, U.S. News and World Report, The Weekly Standard, National Review and Claremont Review of Books. He earned his bachelor's degree in history from Yale University.

The lecture is free and open to the media, but space is limited. Attendees are encouraged to register by visiting the event's ticketing site here.

About the Kirby Center
The Allan P. Kirby, Jr. Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship is an extension of the teaching mission of Hillsdale College to Washington, D.C. Its purpose is to teach the Constitution and the principles that give it meaning. Through the study of original source documents from American history—and of older books that formed the education of America's founders—the Center seeks to inspire students, teachers, citizens and policymakers to return the Constitution to its central place in the political life of the nation.

About Hillsdale College
Hillsdale College is an independent liberal arts college located in southern Michigan. Founded in 1844, the College has built a national reputation through its classical liberal arts core curriculum and its principled refusal to accept federal or state taxpayer subsidies, even indirectly in the form of student grants or loans. It also conducts an outreach effort promoting civil and religious liberty, including a free monthly speech digest, Imprimis, with a circulation of more than 3.7 million. For more information visit hillsdale.edu.

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