But regardless, it was pretty cool. Everybody had their glasses. I kept hearing the media as like we were going to go blind if we looked up at the sky. I am the senior vp for research here at fordham. We are pleased to have a Live Audience here today and we are pleased to have cspan covering our event. We want to thank our partners at the American Confederation for children. Federation for children. Im not on twitter, i am the last person on twitter. I dont mind that i am not on twitter. If you are on twitter, you can join the conversation by using the engaging choices. For those who like to engage in conversation on twitter, please do. When we get to the q a at the end, we will look and see whether we have questions coming in. Let me suggest that we talk about School Choice. Particularly at the High School Level. Im going to keep this overview brief. Mike told me to and he is not here today. Also, i have sat on panels like this and the moderator is usually the least interesting person
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 virginia. So thank you very much. Sarah . Iof virginia. So thank you very much. Sarah . F virginia. So thank you very much. Sarah . F virginia. So thank you very much. Sarah . Of virginia. So thank you very much. Sarah . F virginia. So thank you very much. Sarah . Virginia. So 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 Program and theyve been good at nudging various people
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 Program and theyve been good at nudging various people to do what they should on time. So i want to just start out with general comment and turn to specifics. First off, education is an excellent investment. Both for individuals and for society. I think we can i want to make this case in terms of an efficiency argument. Okay. Failure to close the gaps which are really big and growing in Educational Attainment is likely to both hinder Economic Growth and increase the burden on taxpayers over the l
Sara. Okay. Let me get started as everybody is coming in to sit down and make sure first we need to really thank david and carrie have put together a Wonderful Program and theyve been good at nudging people to do what they should on time. I want to just start out with some general comments and then turn to specifics. So first off, education is an excellent investment, both for individuals and for society. I think we can i want to make this case in terms of an efficiency argument. Failure to close the gaps, which are really big and growing in Educational Attainment is likely to both hinder Economic Growth and also increase the burden on tax payers over the long term. I think there are just two big takeaways from this first. Money matters enormously in education, but thats a necessary, not a sufficient condition. Secondly funding really needs to be matched to a commitment to accountability and in the education space innovation. The federal government has a big role here. Okay. That said,
Rise from the dead. And hes on a committee, chairs it, looking at health care. Look at this, speaker ryan side, no voters were now in the yes column. That moment the movement started to go up. So this morning, obamacare, back on the table, question mark . It looks like the great negotiator called the politicians bluff. You failed last week, now make something happen or else. Weve got a show for you, greg norman, grover norquist, Charles Payne and thats just the next 15 minutes. Varney company is about to begin. And i know that were all going to make a deal on health care, thats such an easy one. I have no doubt thats going to happen quickly. I think it will, actually. I think its going to happen. Weve all been promising, democrat, republican, promising that to the american people. Stuart we thought wed let you hear that again. President trump confident a deal on health care will get done and he said very quickly. Remember, he was spoking to republican and democrats at the white house a