A series of earthquakes shaking people awake, our devin fehely covering that story for us. Were also facing a red flag warning for the weekend. Paul is in the Weather Center now watching that. But first those quakes. Near salinas they rattles the south bay. The shaking started with a 4. 1 quake followed by a string of others. Our devin fehely says they did get the attention of scientists. Reporter the cluster of quakes was centered along the San Andreas Fault 20 miles east of salinas but could be felt across a large swath of the south bay and central coast. I took like four steps and felt the ground moving. So i asked my husband who was still in bed that was an earthquake, right . He said yes. Reporter the initial quake was followed in rapid succession by several smaller aftershocks. Nearly a dozen would rattle nerves for the next half hour before finally tapering off. The pattern of earthquakes, there was one large earthquake this morning and then a series of smaller earthquakes that
okay. well i will ask each of you on the panel you ve 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 you ve put so much effort into the research and the writing, and not necessarily relating to the piece you ve written, but how you would like to see this play out, so jill? as someone academy and immersed in evidence, that is what i m hinting at at the moment. and it s similar to the comment about the lanset by having these papers in here signaling something in terms of the broader discipline. and i ll 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 faith-based conferences and it is a signal to the fact that these issues come up in conferences, we have separate conversations about faith and faith-based providers but they are
being here today. today would ve r3rd milton friedman s 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 child s 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 policies that bind them to a neighborhoodde. as friedman said, school choice ensures children are free to choose and 1955, he first outlined his concept of free school vouchers. in his essay friedman posited government administers the schools is neither required by the financing of
programs, or education savings accounts, which we re here to discuss today, provide families the opportunity to choose schools and learning options that meet their child s individual and unique learning needs. instead of being assigned to a school based on where their parents live these models of school choice and free people free children from assignment by zip code residential policies that bound them to a school in their neighborhood. milton friedman says school choice ensures children are free to choose and free to learn. it was in 1955 that friedman first outlined this concept of school vouchers. government administration of schools is neither required by the financing of education neuer justifiable in its own right in a pro dominantly free enterprise society. in other words friedman argued we should separate the financing of education from the delivery of services. that is apparently choose where a child attends school. he operationalized this idea of financing the educ
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 i m concerned with. we could work real hard, have all of these intensive negotiations, everything else, but it doesn t seem like it s that difficult to me. i think that the money we re 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 they ve 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 aren t here. what s the normal time that we wait? up to one week we ll take questions for answer in writing. you ve all had a chance to read the oic opi