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rahm emanuel doesn t know the truth if it would slap him on the face. from chicago to detroit now, another city in financial crisis as sequestration enters its third week. michigan s head start program could be next on the shopping block. nbc s chief education correspondent rehema ellis is joining me this afternoon from detroit and rehema, with a long distance hello to you, my friend, for many students in detroit there are problems with this education system which are now magnified by the statewide economic troubles. you kn i know you were talking about this issue with the governor. we were, and we re going to talk about it all with students when we have a town hall meeting here just a little while from now that everybody can watch online on education nation.com. but the governor says that they have no choice but to make some changes here because of the dire situation that they re in as far as their budget is concerned. the changes have been controversial. but when you think about
it s important that something happen. it ties to that career point. one of the things we re going to do is match up the supply and demand of talent. the private sector has the demand for talent. the education sector is helping create the talent. let s connect those two worlds and be a better place. people won t know but we ve been streaming this live on education nation.com. one of the things we learned on the panel is if people don t pay for education now, they ll pay for children later. because of what may happen with those kids that are uneducated do you see it that way as well? i see it that way. it s not just pumping more money in the education system, it s making sure we re getting results. and doing that on a performance-based fashion, to say the kids are learning and to focus on continuous improvement to show real results with student growth. not just about money in the system. it s about quality education. so it s a quality of the teachers, the evaluation, the resource
go- the state of michigan and could mean something like 2300 low income kids throughout michigan in head start programs could be pushed out? everybody is talking about the importance of early childhood education and whether or not we can afford to have those children pushed out. we re going to spend a lot of time today talking about that. what impact that and other measures of finances have on educating children here in detroit and throughout the state of michigan. if you can join us, chris, we re going to be streaming this live on education nation.com. people can check us out and see what s happening here. maybe hopefully we ll even find out some things that they are doing positive here in detroit and in michigan that could help people across the country as well. and, rehema, one other quick thing, i know you re going to sit down with the republican governor of michigan, rick schneider. any indication i know he appointed an emergency manager in detroit. what has he said about educ
are going beyond the academics. we have emotional, academics. it s good to get the whole child. reporter: in manhattan georges attends a dual language school. in yuma, arizona, electronic curriculum lets students work at their own pace. by saying look at these organizations and companies that have come to wrap around these kids, let s pressure all the foundations we know are out there and the companies we know that are out there that are well-funded to walk into this space, spend some money. there s no better investment we can make. reporter: it s those successes educators are sharing today hoping to expand the victory to even more communities. in new york, i m danielle leigh, nbc news. all this week we ll have continuing coverage of the education nation summit across all the platforms of nbc news including msnbc, and you can take part by visiting education nation.com. all right.