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Thanks so much, kathleen, and welcome, everyone. Its great to see you all this morning. Thank you for attending todays first of two summits on innovation in education. And a special thanks to all of you who are going to present this morning. Were excited and grateful to have so much knowledge and expertise in one room, and i know were eager to hear from all of you. I want to say a quick word about the focus on innovation. This year, i embarked on a rethink school tour where we visited learning environments and institution that are taking creative approaches to education for students of all age...

[applause] thank you all so much. President marsh, speaker mccutcheon, members of the alabama legislature, chief justice stuart, justices of the alabama supreme court, distinguished guests, and my fellow alabamians. [applause] yall please be seated. What a game. [laughing] [applause] i was honored to attend last nights game, and witnessed a remarkable victory for the university of alabama, which brings another National Title to the great state of alabama. [applause] im proud of the entire alabama football team. Their victory is another example of excellence in our state striving for continued ...

[ applause ] [ applause ] thank yall so much. Thank you all so much. President marsh, speaker mccutchen, members of the alabama legislature, chief justice stewart, justices of the alabama supreme court, distinguished guests, and my fellow alabamians [ applause ] yall please be seated. What a game. [ laughter and applause ] i was honored to attend last nights game and witness a remarkable victory for the university of alabama, which brings another National Title to the great state of alabama. [ applause ] im proud of coach saban and the entire alabama football team. Their victory is another exa...

This. Id like to open it up to questions. I know we have, again theres a lot of interest we have several issues and a lot of them are interconnected as we saw. Who is first . I under how important is the popes science background to the development of his ideas . I know hes got degrees in chemistry . Actually the vatican has held several conferences on science to help educate both the staff. And i think its very interesting in the encyclical, he speaks to the importance of having a dialogue with science. And, you know, i think theres a misperception sometimes borne from a lengthy history that t...

Twoyear school. And the Graduation Rates are extremely low. They get automatic guarantee to get into unc chapel hill. It has been phenomenal. And if you meet some of those students, you would be blown away. One of them i met grew up in nigeria from a very poor family, wartorn area. Saw is a poster of unc and dreamed about being at unc. How she ever made it i cant tell you. Went to unc, head of her class in nursing, going to medical school. So we have to keep remembering not all students will do the traditional path. But if were going to make accessibility, affordability the brand for our natio...