Benefited their students, online courses and their benefits to nontraditional students such as members of the military. Thank you for attending the summit on innovation in education and thanks to all of you who will present this morning. Were excited and grateful to have so much knowledge and ek per tease in one room, and i know were eager to hear from all of you. Before we begin, i want to say a quick word about innovation, about the focus on innovation. This year, i embarked on our rethink school tour where we visited learning environments and institutions that are taking creative approaches to education for students of all ages. I continue to travel country to see the great work thats being done and ive been inspired by the educators and administrators ive met thus far, but theres still not enough. We need more like them and like you. The reality is that there are a number of challenges and opportunities facing Higher Education, and washington, d. C. , does not have all the answers.
Good afternoon and welcome to the American Enterprise institute. Im resident scholar and Deputy Director of education policy studies here an aei. Im pleased to kick off the event on Education Savings Account and future of Education Choice. Our event today is straight forward. In a moment, i will give the podium to our speaker, governor jeb bush. Following his remarks on esas, i will join him on stage for a brief conversation together. Following that, my former colleague, Gerard Robinson, now executive director of the center for advancing opportunity, will join a distinguished group of panelist, which i will let him introduce in detail. But who will include adam pishack, john thnathan beckham lindsay burke. A little housekeeping, this is live streamed, full video available by the end of the day. We also have our friends at cspan who are broadcasting. We appreciate their service. For those watching at home or online, we have a hashtag for the event. Its jebbush aei. For those that would
Thanks so much, kathleen, and welcome, everyone. Its great to see you all this morning. Thank you for attending todays first of two summits on innovation in education. And a special thanks to all of you who are going to present this morning. Were excited and grateful to have so much knowledge and expertise in one room, and i know were eager to hear from all of you. I want to say a quick word about the focus on innovation. This year, i embarked on a rethink school tour where we visited learning environments and institution that are taking creative approaches to education for students of all ages. I continue to travel the country to see the great work thats being done, and ive been inspired by the innovative educators and administrators ive met thus far, but theres still not enough. We need more like them and like you. The reality is that there are a number of challenges and opportunities facing Higher Education, and washington, d. C. , does not have all the answers. Government is not th
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