Good evening, everyone. I am the academic dean of the Harvard Kennedy school. Tonight, we are joined by a professor and a very special guest to explore the critical question of how to improve our Education System. Should we address the challenges of our Education System by shifting resources from School Districts to parents by giving them tax dollars to choose whether to send their children and to Public Schools, Charter Schools, or private schools . This is the latest chapter of the debate that has been going on for some time. Milton friedman developed the idea of choice in his 1955 essay, the role of government in education. Policy, including our special s here tonight, developed these programs in the 1980s and 1990s. Why did 1900 people signed the Facebook Page to protest tonight . The controversy surrounding this forum reflects a large and profound division in american politics and society today. This country is more divided now than it has been in many decades. Many people on all
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School of government at Harvard University, secretary devos sits down with professor Paul Peterson and takes questions from the audience. [ applause ] good evening, everyone. Im the academic dean of the Harvard Kennedy school. Tonight, we are joined by a professor and a very special guest to explore the critical question of how to improve our Education System. In particular, should we address the challenges of our Education System by shifting resources from School Districts to parents by giving them tax dollars to choose whether to send their children to Public Schools, Charter Schools, or private . This is the latest chapter in a debate thats been going on for some time. Milton friedman developed the idea of choice in his 1955 essay the role of government in education. Policymakers, including our guests here tonight, developed these programs into experiments in the 80s and 90s. Given that this debate has been going on for more than 06 years, why did 1900 people sign the Facebook Page