Ive read of waivers that schools have to know the mpr piece. None of them have been approved. More on that later. One last question. Im annie martin from the orlando sentinel. My question has to do with the accountability for schools that are receiving either the Tax Credit Program money or voucher money. In our state it seems like the parents are the primary mechanism of accountability for schools and the philosophy is if the schools not getting the job done the parents will put their kids elsewhere, but theres also not a lot of Public Information available about the schools that receive this money in terms of how kids performed on standardized tests or whos teaching at the school or what kind of qualifications we have and im interested to hear this groups take on that issue. So given our time. What im going to say is if you can boil it down to 30 seconds and if you want to share one or two of the questions that you were suggesting journalists should pursue as they cover choice progra
Children we find who are older than age two, we believe their mothers tried to keep their babies with them, but because they are rejected by their families and are unable to find a job, they decided to abandon the child. Ifill those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your life and become youre own chief life officer. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill authorities in both the u. S. And switzerland launched corruption probes into soccers governing
Than age two, we believe their mothers tried to keep their babies with them, but because they are rejected by their families and are unable to find a job, they decided to abandon the child. Ifill those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your life and become youre own chief life officer. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill authorities in both the u. S. And switzerland launched corruption probes into soccers governing body, fifa. U. S. Attorney gene
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
Forum Student Diversity program , now in its seventh year. 20 undergraduates, and for the first time, 10 graduate students, are here to gain insights into food and agriculture. So be sure to seek them out during the breaks. If you see them in the sessions , congratulate them for being here. Mentor them a little over the course of a couple days. That would be great. I know how important these young people are, because i have an alumnus of this program, johnnie jones, who works in my office. These are the people who are going to lead american agriculture in the future. Many thanks to our partner, the university of maryland, eastern shore, and the sponsors who make this possible, including the usda Natural Resources controversial and conservation service. Students, can i ask you to stand, please . There we go. Thank you. Congratulations. Without further ado, i am going to ask our chief economist to kick off this conference, with the traditional presentation on his economic and Foreign Tra