This discussion was part of a conference hosted by the Education Writers Association at georgetown university. Its just over an hour. Good morning, everyone. Thanks for coming to this panel. Im eric, Deputy Director at ewa. Today we are going to discuss an issue that has been getting just a little bit of attention these days, School Choice and especially private School Choice. I know that there is all sorts of forms of School Choice in this country and a lot of conversation about charters in particular, as well. Given so much of the recent conversation and the recent president ial election i think this is where we are going to do our primary focus. We will allow a little time for other issues if you have questions and so forth. So School Vouchers and other voucherlike programs, voucher cousins, if you will, have been growing in number. The cousins would be like tax credit scholarships and Education Savings Accounts. The latter is what one proponent called the cool new kid on the block.
Ladies and gentlemen, i am tonya, i want to thank you for coming in this evening. We have a great lineup of different authors throughout the year. We do upwards of 400 events. This handy little flyer will tell you more information about more events coming up. Right now were so happy to welcome a new northwest arthur, will claim here as long as we can, rachel pearson. [applause] thank you so much tonya can you hear me . Thanks so much for coming out. Were excited to share the book with you and hear your questions if you have any. This is a book that i wrote primarily based on experiences i had a medical school. Is working in texas where i cared for folks and marginalized communities. A free clinic some border clinics and county hospitals in central texas. This was eyeopening and lifechanging. Im excited to share with you tonight. One thing to know is that it deals with a really heavy things. So at the same time it has stories about our family, stories about our friends. Im gonna start o
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