Involved helping to craft the grand constitution which we put out to the community over six months ago and the response was overwhelming 500 institutions put in applications for innovative practices that they wanted to experiment with to try to improve access and outcomes and drive down cost and the fact that 500 institutions are responding so yes we have to do our part, too. So at the state level i think that our work is to help identify some of the things we are learning from the first in the world grantees and scale them up so they can become more common state practice. In the same vein, one of the areas in which the states and federal government and the k12 system have a common interest is in the teacher preparation. In a particular area of overlap working with the states now to create a set of regulations that will put more tools in the hands of the states to be be a lot of work with institutions to raise the level of the teachers which we think is a key leverage not just in the H
Moderator how do you bring that about . Catania that is one question but another is how do we make the schools that . Spent so much time talking about boundaries and what we need to talk about is how we set our schools up to succeed . The high school is a perfect example. Last year 36 of young men in this School Graduated on time and only 49 of young women. Only 43 of our kids are graduating on time. That is a state of emergency. Diversity is very important about what is also import is making sure schools are resources so they can beat the kids as we find them and have success. Moderator with all due respect to lot of people believe there is a direct correlation between lack of diversity and quality of schools. Catania people may believe that but among our Top Performing moderator what would you do to bring diversity . Bowser it is important and i actually think in talking about the outer boundary a lot less, schwartz is right in making sure we protect a fair out of boundary allotment.
[ cheering and applause ] miss schwartz. Good evening, everybody. I am carol schwartz, a former at large member of the d. C. Council. Some of you may remember me from my 16 years on the council as well as my two terms on the board of education and may also remember that i lost 5 1 2 years ago my reelection for the council because i gave sick leave to workers. And im very proud of that, even though i have been threatened by some in the Business Community that they would come after me if i pushed ahead. I think its important for people who have parttime jobs and who work to have some sick leave and so if i had to do it all again and have taken this leave of absence because of it, because i lost my election, i would do it all again. But i want to come back so i can continue doing things for people who need it, helping our vulnerable population, getting affordingable housing, helping our homeless, giving drug treatment and alcohol treatment to those who need it. Thank you all very much. Th
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