Now were going to talk about education, which is at least more commonly thought of as investment in Human Capital and shouldnt be as controversial and something well hear a lot about politically in coming months and years. We welcome sarah turner who has written paper which is posted on our website, university of virginia. Thank you very much. Sarah . Okay, let me get started. As everyone is coming in to sit down. First, we need to thank david and louise and kerry who just together a Wonderful Program and theyve been good at nudging various people to do what they should on time. So i want to just start out with general comment and turn to specifics. First off, education is an excellent investment. Both for individuals and for society. I think we can i want to make this case in terms of an efficiency argument. Okay. Failure to close the gaps which are really big and growing in Educational Attainment is likely to both hinder Economic Growth and increase the burden on taxpayers over the l
Sara. Okay. Let me get started as everybody is coming in to sit down and make sure first we need to really thank david and carrie have put together a Wonderful Program and theyve been good at nudging people to do what they should on time. I want to just start out with some general comments and then turn to specifics. So first off, education is an excellent investment, both for individuals and for society. I think we can i want to make this case in terms of an efficiency argument. Failure to close the gaps, which are really big and growing in Educational Attainment is likely to both hinder Economic Growth and also increase the burden on tax payers over the long term. I think there are just two big takeaways from this first. Money matters enormously in education, but thats a necessary, not a sufficient condition. Secondly funding really needs to be matched to a commitment to accountability and in the education space innovation. The federal government has a big role here. Okay. That said,
Literal rejoicing that we had achieved a consensus in a complex area that affected so many millions of americans families. And brought some stability to elementary and secondary education policies. So i am hopeful that after the regulations are finally done, that well still feel the same way. In that spirit, let me continue the conversation you and i were having. I only have five minutes. So i want to get in two or three questions. When we wrote the law, we envisioned that states would have time to plan for the transition to the law. Youve heard and weve heard some states say that your proposed regulation, a account doesnt permit a state to do this. Let me ask you if what im about to describe would be an appropriate timeline for a state in your view. That states would develop and implement their new accountability systems during the school year that begins in 2017 and 2018. Thats next year. That means theyd be collecting data in that year. Then in the following year, 201819, they would
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