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Thigh fank you for coming to. Im an Education Research fellow here at the American Enterprise institute. Also those who are joining on live stream and for our friends watching on cspan. Our event today Charter Schools in the developing world. With a keynote from Liberian Education minister George Werner. We have a simple program. Were going to have a brief video. A pictures worth a thousand words. To root todays conversations about school unles in liberia. Then well turn it over to minister wern...

Agenda, dwight jones, my counterpart with mcgraw hill education, who is not here as he is currently serving on his Civic Responsibility of jury duty. I mentioned who is not here but in my brief introduction i would like to share with you how i, we, mcgraw hill education, got here. At the third annual urban Superintendent Academy with asa, and with the opportunity to introduce our next keynote speaker, dr. Mark fidel. You see the role that dwight jones and i work is identify Strategic Partnership...

Reporter behind me the 32 yearold man now accused of having a sexual relationship with the 17 yearold male student were learning the helm at a bus and coach of the cabana club and taught swimming Evergreen High School water polo as ed said teresa high school. Those attending a Board Meeting and the kids are supposed to be a one percent safe. Shes not surprised by the accusations she is hoping the district will take action. And then expect this begun camera with the media is more of. Steve breaki...

Coming up. Kathy the city of milwaukee unveils its plan to keep people safe during the dangerous cold. All warming shelters will remain open this weekend, including the library. The Police Department and its Homeless Outreach team are out looking to take people to warming locations. According to the city, there are 1400 people homeless in milwaukee on any given night. The mayor has a very stern message to all residents during this cold snap. Do not leave your car this is the time of year, we see...

Country. Well fill you in on the moments you may have miss said. It is 5 00 a. M. We want to get you ready for your commute to work. We turn first to storm team 4 with details oen a bit of a warm up were already seeing. And temperatures this morning are right around 40 degrees. So comparing that to the past few mornings, it is significantly milder outside and later on this afternoon, expect the 50 degree temperatures to make a comeback even warmer tomorrow. This morning the temperature is lookin...

Minutes. E tugs in washington, d. C. , this is 50 minutes. Tugs d. C. , this is 50 minutes. Tugs i d. C. , this is 50 minutes. In wa, this is 50 minutes. Okay, now we will talk about education, which is at least more commonly thought of as investment in human cal tap and shouldnt be as controversial and something we will hear a lot about politically in the coming months and years and so we welcome sarah turner who again has written a paper on us that is posted on our website. University f virgin...

Now were going to talk about education, which is at least more commonly thought of as investment in Human Capital and shouldnt be as controversial and something well hear a lot about politically in coming months and years. We welcome sarah turner who has written paper which is posted on our website, university of virginia. Thank you very much. Sarah . Okay, let me get started. As everyone is coming in to sit down. First, we need to thank david and louise and kerry who just together a Wonderful P...

In to the climate deniers, the science is clear, the danger is real reporter todays decision energized environmentalists who planned to stand up for Climate Change and advocate for environmental policies. Governor brown says california is ready to lead that fight. Whatever they do in washington, they cant change the facts. And these are the facts. The climate is changing. The temperatures are rising. So are the oceans. Reporter President Trump also signed an executive order to streamline the env...

Opportunity to moderate and important conversation that impacts everyone and that is School Finance. Talk about the lot and the opportunity and the role ahead. I spoke with four attorneys today each person will have an opportunity to speak 10 minutes and then a moderated conversation then we will open to the audience. Let me put into context why this is important. The Supreme Court made an important ruling on finance and since then we have had a number of cases that the state level to make sure ...

And so that sets of children to not have the resources they need to pass the benchmarks for proficiencies that are established in state standards so that is another challenge. There is low funding we can talk about about you and day so even if it is low funding, not providing great sources. And finally insufficient oversight of state funding, what does that mean . We dont have enough oversight of the system to make sure the money we are putting in is being spent efficiently and that is important...