I will not only are we observing the 25th anniversary of the First Charter School in america, here we are with the magnum opus the tells everybody anything theyve wanted to know about Charter Schools. That might be a bit of an exaggeration. When i refer to it i often think the core message is that every school should be a Charter School. But in reality, youre painting a broader and slightly different picture than that. What you call basically reinventing the system. Not just more Charter Schools. Talk a bit about the difference between Charter Schools, lots of them and reinventing the system. For the audience we should probably be clear about what it Charter School is first. Turns out the polls say half of america doesnt know what they are. So Charter School is just a Public School that is run independently of the district. Usually back by a Nonprofit Organization and usually school of choice, but doesnt have to follow all the district and state rules. It has to follow some, cant discr
Basically reinventing the system. Not just more Charter Schools. Talk a bit about the difference between Charter Schools, lots of them, and reinventing the system. Guest well, you know, for the audience we probably should be clear about what a Charter School is first. Because it turns out the poll say half of america doesnt know what they are. I Charter Schools just a Public School that is run independently of the district usually by a nonprofit organization, and is usually a school of choice, but it doesnt have to follow all of the district rules and state rules. It has to follow us on they cant discriminate. It has give equal opportunity to get. It cant select children, et cetera, but it basically is outside the bureaucracy and they can rent own show. They have autonomy but there held accountable if they are done right. If you dont perform well, then they are replaced or closed. Thats what a Charter School is. My argument in the book is the places around the country that have embrace
Matt murray, the executive editor of the wall street journal is going to interview betsy devos, the u. S. Secretary of education, who is very much focused on this particular aspect of your agenda. So please join me in welcoming them. [ applause ] secretary, good to see you. Nice to see you, matt. I think its fair to say, first of all, that education for this audience over the years is probably always the number one concern for many people whenever we poll our executives. So i know theyre keenly interested always in the state of education. And weve already had a lot of talk at the conference over the last day and a half on things like a. I. , things like the digitization of the workplace, and disruption and changes that already are happening and that we all think are going to accelerate in the coming years. I want to start by asking you, you have been on the job now almost a year. Whats your overall assessment of the preparedness of u. S. Workers today for this world and the world thats
Getting live on cspan two. We have a Simple Program and after a few introductory remarks will going to have a brief video. A picture is worth a thousand words that will give you a couple of those. Through todays conversation about schools in liberia and then will turn it over to minister warner and hell get his keynote address. Following that we have a fantastic panel today with seth andrew from democracy builders, amy black from cultural and development and. [inaudible] from International Finance corporation. Ill introduce them in detail when the panel joins me up here. We will have about 45 minutes of q and a time with some opportunity for the audience to join as well. For those following on social media we have a for our event and its developing world charters. You can comment and send questions which ill be checking on during the q a time. The event, is being live streamed into the full video will be posted online after we conclude today event. Of course, we are here today to hear
Thank you all for coming today. My name is natt malcus, an Education Research fellow here at the American Enterprise ens tut. I would like to thank everyone joining us here today, also those who are joining on live stream and for our friends watching on cspan. Our event today, Charter Schools in the developing world with a keynote from Liberian Education minister george k. Werner. We have a simple program. After a few introductory remarks, we will have a brief video. A picture is worth 1,000 words, so we will give you a come of minutes of those, to root todays conversation about schools in liberia. Then we will turn it over to minister werner who will give his keynote address. Following that we have a fantastic panel today with seth andrew from democracy builders, amy black from results from development, and alejandro ka brar owe from the International Finance corporation. I will introduce them in detail when the panel joins me up here. We will have about 45 minutes of q a time with so