Welcome. At while we believe the most important thing you can do to give young people opportunity to succeed is to make sure they have a highquality education that suits them. A career educator who has done this thing that those of us who are educators always wanted to do. Build the school that you would want to send your child to. Diane son is a senior. Its pretty amazing. Diane started with one school and has built 11 of the mayors innovative Public Schools in the country. It is really quite remarkable. In her book she shares her journey of an educator and a leader of what the most Public School network. And to thrive in todays workplace. [applause]. The advance the science of character and with the end of getting the science into the hands of the people who are separated the next generation. She has advised the white house fortune 500 ceos. When the greediest human wants to talk britt he calls angela. I am incredibly excited to hear this conversation. Please welcome them again. [app
Welcome. My name is emma pengelly, im a Senior Program officer at the Walton Family foundation. Tonight sponsor. At walton we believe the most important thing you can do to give you and people of opportunities succeed is to make sure they have highquality education. Tonight you hear from dianne die tavenner, a career educator who is done the thing that both of us were educators always wanted to do, always here when you start to becomeho a teacher, bud the school that you want to send your childhe to. Her son is a senior who will graduate from her school this year. Which is Pretty Amazing think about it, diane started with one school and is built 11 of the most innovative Public Schools in the country. She serves 4400 students just within her schools, and also the way that her work has spread across the country with curriculum and teachers is really quite remarkable. She has sorry. In her book she shares her journey as an educator, a mother and daughter of one of americas most Innovativ
A career educator who has done this thing that those of us who are educators always wanted to do. Build the school that you would want to send your child to. Diane son is a senior. Its pretty amazing. Diane started with one school and has built 11 of the mayors innovative Public Schools in the country. It is really quite remarkable. In her book she shares her journey of an educator and a leader of what the most Public School network. And to thrive in todays workplace. [applause]. The advance the science of character and with the end of getting the science into the hands of the people who are separated the next generation. She has advised the white house fortune 500 ceos. When the greediest human wants to talk britt he calls angela. I am incredibly excited to hear this conversation. Please welcome them again. [applause]. Thank you for a warm introduction. Diane and i they are both seen familiar faces and new friends. We get to have a conversation and then there are notes. Thank you for
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Im john allen, the president of brookings and on behalf of the institution and our partners at Service Year Alliance, i want to welcome you all to this important event today. I want to welcome those coming in over the webcast and of course we always welcome the media. This morning youll be hearing from a distinguished group of leaders and volunteers on the matter of National Service. Let me make a few brief comments to begin with. In such divided and turbulent times, we must look for ways to bridge society, to bridge the divides and to restore a sense of community. In recent years, much has been done, sadly, to burn rather than to build the bridges in our civic nation leading to a growing culture of fear and distrust, incivility, and a reflex to retreat into the safety of tribalism. Our trusted institutions and our trust in each other has taken a beating and has in fact declined and that decline makes it harder for us to solve some of the key problem
Hearing from a distinguished group of leaders and volunteers on the matter of National Service. Let me make a few brief comments to begin with. In such divided and turbulent times, we must look for ways to bridge society, to bridge the divides and to restore a sense of community. In recent years, much has been done, sadly, to burn rather than to build the bridges in our civic nation leading to a growing culture of fear and distrust, incivility, and a reflex to retreat into the safety of tribalism. Our trusted institutions and our trust in each other has taken a beating and has in fact declined and that decline makes it harder for us to solve some of the key problems we face as a country and as a people. From my personal experience i know that when individuals from different walks of life have an opportunity to serve together and to serve their country and to do something bigger than themselves, they almost always live up to the challenge. In fact, they almost always perform magnificent