my name is emma pengelly, i'm a senior program officer at the walton family foundation. tonight sponsor. at walton we believe the most important thing you can do to give you and people of opportunities succeed is to make sure they have high-quality education. tonight you hear from dianne die tavenner, a career educator who is done the thing that both of us were educators always wanted to do, , always here when you start to becomeho a teacher, bud the school that you want to send your childhe to. her son is a senior who will graduate from her school this year. which is pretty amazing think about it, diane started with one school and is built 11 of the most innovative public schools in the country. she serves 4400 students just within her schools, and also the way that her work has spread across the country with curriculum and teachers is really quite remarkable. she has -- sorry. in her book she shares her journey as an educator, a mother and daughter of one of america's most innovative public school networks. she give us the roadmap to prepare our children to succeed in