Secretary rice thank you also much for being here. Im super excited to be a part of this conversation, its hugely important. I think everyone in this room would agree, i think United States must have a renewed commitment to an Education System thats compatible with training our workforce for the jobs of tomorrow if we want to lead and technology. What we need to do in this session is figure out how we are doing now and what we are going to do to get in a better place. So i want to start by getting everyones reaction to the report. Secretary rice first of all, thank you very much and thank you for this opportunity. I have a little bit of deja vu because more than a decade ago joe climbed the polls and i chaired the task force called National Security and education reform. In one of the reasons that we wanted to do that was to bring to the attention of the National Security community, the crucial moment that we were at in terms of this issue of talent. And to say you may think this is an
Cspan is a Public Service along with these other Television Providers, giving you a front row seat to democracy. Former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice also spoke during the aspen security forum. She rules and on the future of the u. S. Workforce, immigration and technology education. This is about 30 minutes. [applause] secretary rice thank you also much for being here. Im super excited to be a part of this conversation, its hugely important. I think everyone in this room would agree, i think United States must have a renewed commitment to an Education System thats compatible with training our workforce for the jobs of tomorrow if we want to lead and technology. What we need to do in this session is figure out how we are doing now and what we are going to do to get in a better place. So i want to start by getting everyones reaction to the report. Secretary rice first of all, thank you very much and thank you for this opportunity. I have a little bit of deja vu because more than a
Spoke during the forum. This is about 30 minutes. Secretary rice i think everyone in this room would agree that the United States must have a renewed commitment to an Education System that is compatible with training our workforce for the jobs of tomorrow if we want to lead in technology. We all agree with that so what we need to do in the session to do to get in a better place. So i want to start by getting everyones reaction to the report. Secretary rice first of all, thank you very much and thank you for this opportunity. I have a little bit of deja vu because more than a decade ago joe climbed the polls and i chaired the task force called National Security and education reform. In one of the reasons that we wanted to do that was to bring to the attention of the National Security community, the crucial moment that we were at in terms of this issue of talent. And to say you may think this is an out problem but it actually is our problem is people concerned about National Security. So
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