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Mr. Lance izumi. A featured speaker when the forum was still down in santa clara, for any in the audience who originals to the days and now here and back and his main focus is education and hell talk about corruption in the classroom. Part of his remarks will probably be very nerve wracking and will make us angry, but somebody has to fight. That were glad that lance is their do that for us. Lance has an incredible background. People who have experience in the military or think tanks or education, and lance has at all of them. Some things notable about him, you might not have known, cheech speech writer for a gentleman here in california, does anyone anybody george duke and he was a speech writer for ed mees in the Reagan Administration he us now the head policy person at pri, on the education track, and delighted to welcome him become. Ladies and gentlemen, mr. Labs izumi. [applause] thank you for that very kind introductio ....
Okay. Well i will ask each of you on the panel youve done such an amazing work. And, you know have given us so much to think about. I would like to hear from you in summary what you would like to see as next steps as a result of your work. Been that youve put so much effort into the research and the writing, and not necessarily relating to the piece youve written, but how you would like to see this play out, so jill . As someone academy and immersed in evidence, that is what im hinting at at the moment. And its similar to the comment about the lanset by having these papers in here signaling something in terms of the broader discipline. And ill give you an example. We hosted a conference on the Health Systems conference in cape town and there were 2,000 people there and there were only two faithbased conferences and it is a signal to the fact that these issues come up in conferences, we have separate conversations about faith and f ....
Being here today. Today wouldve r3rd Milton Friedmans 10 birthday. He is considered the father of the modern day School Choice movement. And what a movement it has become. Today, 59 private School Choice programs operate in 28 states and right here in the district of columbia. These options, whether vouchers, tuition tax credit scholarship programs, or Education Savings Accounts which we are here to discuss today provide families the opportunity to choose schools and learning options that meet their childs individual and unique learning needs. Instead of being assigned to a school based on where their parents live, these models of School Choice free people and children from assignment by zip co polici ....
I think it seems to me we all have agreement that we need to fix it, even within the department. And professor light, you made a comment that i think is very important, something im concerned with. We could work real hard, have all of these intensive negotiations, Everything Else, but it doesnt seem like its that difficult to me. I think that the money were spending now we need to come up with a simple fix. Not a 100 dollar saddle on a 10 horse. For those involved in this, keep it simple and get it done quickly. We need to get the Inspector Generals back to the point where they can do their job, a very important job that theyve done very well for many years. Thank you, mr. Chair. Before i ask questions i know that senator leahy has questions in writing to both panels. Expect that, and maybe from the other members that arent here. Whats the normal time that we wait . Up to ....