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The heritage. Org as well as cspan networks. For those inhouse, we would ask that courtesy to know that mobile devices have been turned off. For those watching online, you are welcome to ask questions or comments anytime by simply emailing speaker heritage. Org. Leading our discussion and welcoming our special guest is david croitzer our legal fellow. Our Senior Research fellow for labor markets and trade. Prior to joining us here at heritage, he taught economics at James Madison university from 1984 to 2007. He also served as director at their International Business program. In 1994, he was a visiting economist at the food and drug administration, and in the early 1980s he was also a visiting economics instructor at ohio university. Please join me in welcoming david coritzer. [applause] i want to welcome all of you here online and watching on television to our event, protecting Public Employees First Amendment rights major cases challenging abood. The way we will work it is i am going
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
Until it gets into our heads. Thank you. So with that, we will wrap up the panel. And thank you to all of our panelists for being here today. [ applause ] so well 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. A conversation on Educational Opportunity and integration. Our panelest today will be gerard robinson. He has been in the education commissioner of florida. The virginia secretary of education. So gerard has a long history in education. Dr. Greg fors ter is the director of Trinity International university. He is a senior fellow at ed choice and is at the Freedman Foundation for educational choice. And he received his ph. D. With distinction at yale university. Mashea ashton is, just recently given its approval to open up a charter in 2018 in washington, d. C. She served as the ceo of the Network Charter school fund. The Senior Adviser for Charter School pol