this is hosted by the thomas b. fordham institute, a think-tank focused on education issues. it is an hour and 25 minutes. >> good afternoon. my name is mike petrilli and i'm one of the vice presidens that they thomas b. fordham institute. very excited to have such a full run on a hot day in washington in august. not everybody goes to martha's vineyard in washington this week, so we are glad to have you here. this is going to be a very interesting discussion and it may not be quite as contentious as the health care debate taking place around the country. we don't expect there to be anything from and by the way tc-99 has very strict gun laws, so you have got to check-- at the door and turnethe cell phones off but this is a very important debate that we are having within the education policy world about charter schools, school vouchers and other forms of school choice. for those of you don't know too much about the thomas b. fordham institute we are a think-tank in washington dc. we covered education policy. we also do on the groundworkn ohio, specifically in dayton where we hav

it is hosted by the thomas b. fordham institute. a think tank focused on education issues. this last about an hour and a half. >> good afternoon. good afternoon. my name is michael petrilli, one of the vice president here at the thomas b. fordham institute. very excited on a full room on a hot day in washington in august. not everybody goes to martha's vineyard from washington. and so we are glad to have you here. it's going to be a very interesting discussion. it may not be quite as contentious as the health care debates that are taking place around the country. we don't expect there to be anything thrown at him by the way, dc has a very strict gun laws so you have to check, i'm sorry, check those guns at the door and turn those cell phones off. but this is a very important debate that we are having right now with the new education policy world about charter schools, school vouchers and other forms of school choice. for those of you who don't know too much about the thomas before an institute, we are a think tank here in washington, d.c., which covers education policy. we