Okay. Well i will ask each of you on the panel youve done such an amazing work. And, you know have given us so much to think about. I would like to hear from you in summary what you would like to see as next steps as a result of your work. Been that youve put so much effort into the research and the writing, and not necessarily relating to the piece youve written, but how you would like to see this play out, so jill . As someone academy and immersed in evidence, that is what im hinting at at the moment. And its similar to the comment about the lanset by having these papers in here signaling something in terms of the broader discipline. And ill give you an example. We hosted a conference on the Health Systems conference in cape town and there were 2,000 people there and there were only two faithbased conferences and it is a signal to the fact that these issues come up in conferences, we have separate conversations about faith and faithbased providers but they are rarely intergrated into
Being here today. Today wouldve r3rd Milton Friedmans 10 birthday. He is considered the father of the modern day School Choice movement. And what a movement it has become. Today, 59 private School Choice programs operate in 28 states and right here in the district of columbia. These options, whether vouchers, tuition tax credit scholarship programs, or Education Savings Accounts which we are here to discuss today provide families the opportunity to choose schools and learning options that meet their childs individual and unique learning needs. Instead of being assigned to a school based on where their parents live, these models of School Choice free people and children from assignment by zip co policies that bind them to a neighborhoodde. As friedman said, School Choice ensures children are free to choose and 1955, he first outlined his concept of free School Vouchers. In his essay friedman posited government administers the schools is neither required by the financing of education nor
Programs, or Education Savings Accounts, which were here to discuss today, provide families the opportunity to choose schools and learning options that meet their childs individual and unique learning needs. Instead of being assigned to a school based on where their parents live these models of School Choice and free people free children from assignment by zip code residential policies that bound them to a school in their neighborhood. Milton friedman says School Choice ensures children are free to choose and free to learn. It was in 1955 that friedman first outlined this concept of School Vouchers. Government administration of schools is neither required by the financing of education neuer justifiable in its own right in a pro dominantly Free Enterprise society. In other words friedman argued we should separate the financing of education from the delivery of services. That is apparently choose where a child attends school. He operationalized this idea of financing the education from d
I think it seems to me we all have agreement that we need to fix it, even within the department. And professor light, you made a comment that i think is very important, something im concerned with. We could work real hard, have all of these intensive negotiations, Everything Else, but it doesnt seem like its that difficult to me. I think that the money were spending now we need to come up with a simple fix. Not a 100 dollar saddle on a 10 horse. For those involved in this, keep it simple and get it done quickly. We need to get the Inspector Generals back to the point where they can do their job, a very important job that theyve done very well for many years. Thank you, mr. Chair. Before i ask questions i know that senator leahy has questions in writing to both panels. Expect that, and maybe from the other members that arent here. Whats the normal time that we wait . Up to one week well take questions for answer in writing. Youve all had a chance to read the oic opinion and hear the tes
So we will go ahead and start our next panel so that we can keep on time. Be as efficient as we can. Welcome to the second panel of the day. This panel is entitled where are we now . Our panelists today will be a resident scholar of the American Enterprise institute. He has been the education commissioner of florida, and president of black lines for Educational Options. Dr. Greg forster is the director sorry, cant get it right. Network at the center for informational churches at Trinity International university. He was formally at the Friedman Foundation for educational choice. He is the author of six books and the coauthor of three additional books. He received his phd with distinction from yale university. The founder and ceo of Digital Pioneers Academy which i learned was just recently was it yesterday . A week ago was given approval to open up a charter and 2018 in washington dc. [applause] prior to that, she served as ceo of the Network Charter school fund. And the executive chart