Good morning. I was told i would have to get everyone quiet but you all got quiet all by yourselves with no direction. Im with the department of education and the office of elementary and secondary education. I want to thank you for coming to the rethink k through 12 summit. I want to thank you all for being here. In a moment secretary devos will come up. If you havent found already water and coffee in the back. So you can feel free to partake and there are restrooms at the ends of the halls. You will have to go through security again. Those of you who will be participating in the conversation, your microphones in front of you. You need to turn them on when youre about to talk. You turn it on, the red light will come on which will tell you that the microphone is active and when youre not speaking, turn that off. Those who are speaking today, again we really appreciate you being here. Were going to ask that you keep your remarks to about 10 minutes. I will be sitting next to the secreta
Quiet all by yourselves with no direction. Im with the department of education and the office of elementary and secondary education. I want to thank you for coming to the rethink k through 12 summit. I want to thank you all for being here. In a moment secretary devos will come up. If you havent found already water and coffee in the back. So you can feel free to partake and there are restrooms at the ends of the halls. You will have to go through security again. Those of you who will be participating in the conversation, your microphones in front of you. You need to turn them on when youre about to talk. You turn it on, the red light will come on which will tell you that the microphone is active and when youre not speaking, turn that off. Those who are speaking today, again we really appreciate you being here. Were going to ask that you keep your remarks to about 10 minutes. I will be sitting next to the secretary and i will try not to be abnoxious but i will probably wave and ask that
Organized crime and terrorist groups. Also neil allen and joel gerschenfeld. Ed asker in shares his naughts on todays political thoughts on todays political issues. And john wheeler who explored theories of quantum reality and time. Thats just a handful of programs over this threeday weekend on booktv on cspan2. For a complete schedule, visit booktv. Org. Now we kick off this long weekend with journalist helen thorpe who reports on the assimilation of 22 immigrant teenagers over the course of a school year in denver. [inaudible conversations] hi, everyone. Thank you so much for coming. Were going to get started. I just want to thank everyone for being here for our last event of the year. We are completely honored to have helen thorpe. [laughter] thank you all for coming so much. This evening, were happy to welcome helen thorpe. If you havent realize her works of art, youre in for a treat on your first book that you read. Her other books are soldier girls and just like us, and the newco
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2017 winter meeting at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel in phoenix. In this next portion, labor secretary alexander costa delivers the keynote speech. He talks about labor trends in Western States in ways that governors can partner with each other and the federal government to create more jobs. This is 45 minutes. We have a very, very special guest to address this audience and engage with the governors and to introduce that gas, i am happy to recognize our chairman, the honorable dennis after. Before i introduce our guest, secretary acosta, id like to talk about the Workforce Development initiative that i began as chair of wga. All of us face the challenge of preparing our citizens for work place that looked a little bit different than they did when i started my working career with my parents or grandparents did, certainly. At four workshops this past fall, Workforce Development initiative brought together policymakers, business leaders, educators and others are working to create more opport