Mr. Doar good morning, everybody, and welcome to aei. My name is robert doar and im so pleased to have you all here this morning for this important discussion of education in the United States. We are particularly gratified and happy to have the secretary of education, betsy devos with us, her husband dick, couselor to the president Kellyanne Conway, a great honor to have them all here for this important discussion of a topic thats particularly important to aei and our education policy team. And were also pleased to have, i like to say that aei is a washingtonbased think tank, but were not a washingtonfocused think tank. And so we have three distinguished leaders around the country, from tennessee, arizona and pennsylvania, and they will talk about how some of the issues in washington affect the children and parents in those parts of the country, and really, thats what our discussion is all about. How can we make our schools better. Now, a little bit just to give a sense of how i come
Us, her husband, counsel to the president , Kellyanne Conway. Important to have you all here for a discussion on a topic that is particularly important. Have io pleased to like to say that ai is a washingtonbased think tank, but not a washington focused think tank. From tennessee, from arizona, from pennsylvania, they will talk about how some of the issues we are talking about in washington affect the children and parents of schools in those parts of the country. Really, that is what our discussion is all about, how can we make our schools better . Now, little bit about just to give a sense of how i come to this issue and look at it and why i think it is so important. Some of you may know that i spent 20 years in the social Services Departments of new york state and new york city working on antipoverty programs. I was focused on the various issues with our ways in which we help people get into work and get out of poverty and move up economically. Those things were important. I always k
Pleased to have i like to say that its a washington based think tank. We have from arizona, tennessee and pennsylvania, and they will talk about how some of the issues in washington affect the children and parents in those parts of the country and really, thats what our discussion is all about. How can we make our schools better. Now, a little bit a sense of how i come to this issue and why i think its so important. Some of you may know i spent 20 years in the social services in new york and working on the ways we help people get into work and out of poverty and move up economically. Personal responsibility, work, work supports, those things were important, but i always knew there was another domain, another domain of activity that was equally important to our safety net programs. Maybe more important in our safety net programs in helping struggling families moving up and helping their children move up economically and that was the world of education. And no one has done more, it seems
What do you foresee in that regard . Michael its very difficult to say because people have different perceptions. It beautiful. I dont find it as radically transformational as i thought analog to hd was, which are member being chairman of the fcc touring and seeing my having my socks knocked off. I have 4k set at home, not a lot to watch yet. It doesnt have that dramatic differentiation. Other characteristics improve quality quite dramatically, hdr cable with the, the way color is rendered is quite beautiful. But this is just a cautionary tale. The human ear can only hear so may things in the human eye has so many limitations. You can only make a machine and begins to exceed real life and you have to be careful i dont know how to put this but i at some point, we are exceeding what is natural and the experience becomes unreal and jarring and almost too sharp that it creates a conflict with the way you see the world. I have no idea if that is 4k or 8k. Or some k in the future. If it help
Discusses Race Relations in america. We still have a long way to go. There is still racism in our country that needs to be addressed accurately and i think the Confederate Flag has been something thats a lingering element of this. Woodruff those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill the latest deadline in the Iran Nuclear Talks approached today, amid signs of discord. Irans st