[bell ringing] announcer across seasons and centuries, we come to be near the birth somehow. The wind of words that moved here once still blows, independence, and summer raises whisperfaint, echoing words of ancient arguments won and lost, and the old, cracked bell echoes liberty. [bell ringing] announcer a gathering of haunted houses, people with ghosts and voices of ghosts, where the fathers of our country still speak. Some of the great ones wish to return from beyond the grave to see how it all turned out. There is power in a wish with 200 years behind it. Dr. Benjamin franklin. He snatched lightning from the heavens and the scepter from tyrants. Did i make a wish . Well, so i did. I had an ardent desire to observe the state of america in century or two. I wish to be immersed in a cask of wine with a few friends until i would be called to life by the solar warmth of my dear country. Now, it seems i must relive those first days, now two centuries past. Hmm, we must begin in 1774. Im
We have our George Washington leadership fellows here with us. You are 16 students here who are spending five weeks on the stage in a Leadership Program inspired by George Washingtons life and egacy. They are here through the generosity of david m rubenstein, who made a wonderful guest and helped us conceive of the idea to have this group of people here. I would like you all to stand so we can all recognize you. [applause] megan this is our second class of fellows. They have just arrived this week and have very busy schedules, but they are wonderful to speak ith. If you get a moment, i think you would enjoy it. I am honored to introduce onight speaker, fergus bordewich, and he holds degrees from columbia university. He is a frequent speaker and is also worked as a journalist, which allows him to travel the globe, writing on politics, economics, history, and ore. His articles have appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers, including the new york times, the wall street journal, and t
The early days of the republic until 1791. George Washingtons Mount Vernon home posted this one hour and 20 minute event. Hello. My name is megan dunn. I am the chief of staff here at mount vernon. You are about to have a fantastic event. Them forwant to thank continuing to provide for the monthly talk, which is very popular throughout the year. I would also like to recognize a very special guest in the audience. We have our George Washington leadership fellows here with us. You are 16 students here who are spending five weeks on the stage in a Leadership Program inspired by George Washingtons life and legacy. They are here through the generosity of david m rubenstein, who made a wonderful guest and helped us conceive of the idea to have this group of people here. I would like you all to stand so we can all recognize you. [applause] megan this is our second class of fellows. They have just arrived this week and have very busy schedules, but they are wonderful to speak with. If you get
Department. He spoke last night at Jefferson Academy middle school in washington, d. C. A little less than an hour and a half. Good morning. Good morning. My name is christina lee. Im the assistant principal of Jefferson Academy, home of the trojans. We would like to give a special welcome to our audience members. Including Jefferson Academy. U. S. Department of education, superintendent, dch chancellor and u. S. Secretary of education, arne duncan. In a few moments, miss emily davis, teaching ambassador with the department of education, will moderate a Panel Discussion on state testing. With the adoption of common core state standard, state testing and teacher evaluation has been at the forefront of teacher and education. We will fully implement the park assessment, we are both anxious and assignment. Todays discussion will talk about state testing and evaluation and how at the heart of it all we are educating children in our schools. The state superintendent for the state of colombia
Public private Partnership Capacity to adjust true proprietary capability. Microsoft handed over microsoft 7, and maybe 8, too. But for 7, to say, heres what we have, and thats a trust issue. So working with the government, the private sector will continue to do what it does. I was at black hat two weeks ago and i met up with a bunch of guys that came up with the next generation, or what they thought, was the next generation enkripgs solution. It starts where the es leaves off. And they are giving away a bmw to anyone who can crack their inkrepgs. But the point is, what we want do is work with the government. He want to give them the solution and work with them to secure what needs to be secured. And we understand that we have to share a significant amount of our technology to do that. But were okay with that because the government understands that the flip side of sharing that technology is a trust issue of deserving the proprietary nature of that technology. Making sure they arent da