Thank you. The bob grahams center for Public Service is very pleased to cosponsor this. This is a great policy for us to look at. David figlio is the professor of education, social policy and economics at northwestern university. He is also a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and a Founding Member of the Research Program on the economics of education. His research on education and social policy has been funded by the u. S. Department of education, the nih and the Gates Foundation among many others. His Current Research involves evaluating the tax credit Scholarship Program, the Largest School Voucher Program in the United States. Conducting a largescale study of School Accountability in florida and following children from birth through School Career to study keep questions regarding Early Childhood poverty analysts inequality. Prior to joining the faculty at northwestern in 2008, david figlio taught at the university of florida from 19982008, and the univer