in 2009, dr. greer became superintendent of the houston independent school district, the seventh largest school district in the nation with more than 200,000. houston, his initiatives continued to produce results for schools and students. and last month it was announced that the houston independent school district landed 87 schools on the 2011 of the state's high-performing schools, by far the leader in urban school districts in the state. so, i'm pleased and honored to welcome my old friend, dr. terry greer to this committee. thank you. >> thank you very much, senator hagan. next is -- sorry mcmikulski couldn't be here today. she is teaches public education, current currently teaches at a school for students are medical fragiled. in addition, she also serves as a resident advisor for new special education teachers. and works with students of autism. next to amanda, mr. henderson, the president and ceo of the leadership conference, he also heads up the leadership conference education fund. prior to thes

in 2009, dr. greer became superintendent of the houston independent school district, the seventh largest school district in the nation with more than 200,000. houston, his initiatives continued to produce results for schools and students. and last month it was announced that the houston independent school district landed 87 schools on the 2011 of the state's high-performing schools, by far the leader in urban school districts in the state. so, i'm pleased and honored to welcome my old friend, dr. terry greer to this committee. thank you. >> thank you very much, senator hagan. next is -- sorry mcmikulski couldn't be here today. she is teaches public education, current currently teaches at a school for students are medical fragiled. in addition, she also serves as a resident advisor for new special education teachers. and works with students of autism. next to amanda, mr. henderson, the president and ceo of the leadership conference, he also heads up the leadership conference education fund. prior to thes

in 2009, dr. greer became superintendent of the houston independent school district, the seventh largest school district in the nation with more than 200,000. houston, his initiatives continued to produce results for schools and students. and last month it was announced that the houston independent school district landed 87 schools on the 2011 of the state's high-performing schools, by far the leader in urban school districts in the state. so, i'm pleased and honored to welcome my old friend, dr. terry greer to this committee. thank you. >> thank you very much, senator hagan. next is -- sorry mcmikulski couldn't be here today. she is teaches public education, current currently teaches at a school for students are medical fragiled. in addition, she also serves as a resident advisor for new special education teachers. and works with students of autism. next to amanda, mr. henderson, the president and ceo of the leadership conference, he also heads up the leadership conference education fund. prior to thes

dr. joe greer, assistant dean and professor of medicine at florida international university.john bogle, the founder of the vanguard group, the world's largest mutual fund company, and mick cornett, mayor of oklahoma city and president of the republican mayors association. tell me one thing, one thing that is working well, one thing that gives you hope. >> i still believe in american ingenuity. i think the 18th century was about the best farm. i think the 19th century saw a move toward a more manufacturing economy. i think the 20th century was about creating the most efficient factory, but the 21st century is going to be about ideas and i think america is going to produce the most ideas and we're going to rein supreme. >> pelley: matt? >> i say the service ethic of the country, but in particular, my generation gives me hope in the sense that applications to americore and city-year and all these public service programs have doubled and tripled. >> pelley: eileen? >> i like the fact that people are taking personal responsibility, that they're really taking a hard look at the act

dr. joe greer, assistant dean and professor of medicine at florida international university. bogle, the founder of the vanguard group, the world's largest mutual fund company. and michelle ree, c.e.o. of students first and the former chancellor of the washington, d.c. public schools. >> we've lost the american competitive spirit. if you look at how we're raising our kids today in the culture that we are creating, we are spending so much time trying to make children feel good about themselves that we've lost site of putting the time in that it takes to make them good at something. so, you know, i have two little girls, they play soccer. they suck at soccer. (laughter) they really do. but if you were to go into their rooms today you would see trophies and medals and ribbons and plaques. you would think best on that i'm rating the next mia haim and i think part of that is not doing a good service to our children because we're not teaching them in order to be great at something you have to put the time in, you have to put the effort in. it's about discipline and work ethic. >> fr

dr. joe greer, assistant dean and professor of medicine at florida international university. john bogle, the founder of the vanguard group, the world's largest mutual fund company. >> we the united states of america are losing our ability to govern ourselves. and if we lose that ability and we're very close to losing it now, i don't know where we go as a nation. but it's not good. >>. >> pelley: the job approval rating of congress is 9%, the lowest we have ever recorded. why do people not believe in washington anymore? >> i don't think they like the idea that partisanship has taken over washington. that it seems to matter more if you're an "r" or "d" rather than if you have a good idea. people look for their leadership to lead and the leadership has gone away. >> i think it's not because their there's partisanship but because nothing seems to happen. so if they did something that people thought would help them there would be less concern about who was an "r" and a "d" and whatever. not only are they partisan, they don't do anything. >> it would also be nice if our politicians