i will let both governors have a quick last word, too, if you want and then we will turn it back to walter. >> thank you, walter and zoe, for creating this platform. before i get home and my wife yells at me i want to point out i am a strong supporter of hillary clinton. when i said president daniels -- it was in contrast to the primaries. this is one of the key issues this country faces; how do we more rapidly connect kids with the skills? not necessarily the knowledge but the skills they will need to succeed in life. i think skillful and what marco is working on is apprenticeship and i think that is a huge part of it. my son is in a public school are longer days but no homework. loves it. we have experiments like that all over the country. >> one thing that just strikes me is our own citizens and else i read, young americans are complacent about giving up the data. if you tell them we will give you ten cents that is fine. but we haven't thought about that enough. probably ought to be a matter of free choice but ought to make sure it is informed and i don't deal informed to know what the implications are when i let so

and we're specially honored to honored to welcome governor mitch tan daniels, governor hickenlooper. zoe baird and walter eisman of the aspen institute. i know we have a tremendous conversation in store for us today on one of the great issues we're all wrestling with. i want to start by giving you a few remarks on why this subject, finding new solutions to the problems of unemployment and getting people ready for the skills that they need in the next century is so important to us here at aei. aei is a think tank dedicated to really two things. human dignity and human potential. we believe our commitment to truth requires a competition of ideas to function well in a free society. this requires an opportunity society as well. there's a lot that americans disagree on these days. one thing that brings us all together, the real moral consensus, i believe, behind the american experiment is that we have to push opportunities to people at the periphery of society. indeed, to the people who need it most. what are we missing that is making this so hard right now? if this were just a question of government money, w

and then we're going to turn it back to arthur. >> sure. so, thank you very much, walter, for doing this and zoe for helping create this platform that brought us together. before i get home and my wife yells at me -- >> your new wife. >> i want to point out i'm a strong supporter of hillary clinton. when i said president daniels, it was really in contrast to the primaries. i just want to be clear so i don't get yelled at when i get home. [ laughter ] i think this is one of the key issues that this country faces, how do we more rapidly connect kids with the skills, not necessarily the knowledge, but the skills that they're going to need to succeed in life. and i think skillful and what mark has been working on is part of this. i think apprenticeship is going to be a huge part of it. high school, like what president daniels refers to, is another part of this. my son is in a public school, longer school day, longer school year, but no homework. he's in eighth great. loves it. and the school's out-achieving -- we have experiments like that all over the country. how come we're not skilling? and i thi

and we're specially honored to honored to welcome governor mitch tan daniels, governor hickenlooper. zoe baird and walter eisman of the aspen institute. i know we have a tremendous conversation in store for us today on one of the great issues we're all wrestling with. i want to start by giving you a few remarks on why this subject, finding new solutions to the problems of unemployment and getting people ready for the skills that they need in the next century is so important to us here at aei. aei is a think tank dedicated to really two things. human dignity and human potential.