dr. steve perry. dr. steve perry is the founder and ceo of one of the top public schools in the country capital repertory magnet school in hartford, connecticut. capital prep which is for mostly low income families, mostly children of color, graduates 100% of its children and has done so every year since 2006. sending them to four-year colleges. that alone is worth applause. [applause] dr. parry is a regular education contributor for msnbc. upa best-selling author. as soon as you hear him talk you will see him be one of the most passionate voices for education reform. next to him is nina rees. the president and ceo of the national alliance for public charter schools. she has over 20 years expense in washington dc. most recently as the senior vice president for strategic initiatives for an amazing company helping kids. she is also served as the deputy secretary for innovation at the u.s. department of education. they never had an secretary for innovation and change before. nina was the first. that was right

dr. steve perry. dr. steve perry is the founder and ceo of one of the top public schools in the country. capitol prep which has mostly low income families graduates 100% of their children and has done so every year since conviction. that alone is worth an applause. dr. perry is a regular contributor. a best selling author, a tv host, and soon as you will hear him talk, you will see him be one of the most passionate voices for education reform and for real change in the community. next is nina reese who i had the honor of knowing for almost 20 years now. she is the president and ceo of the national reliance for public charter schools. she has 20 years of experience in d.c. most recently is the senior vice president, which is an amazing in helping kids. she also served as the fist assistant assistant deputy secretary. they every had a secretary for innovation and change before and nina was the first. that was, of course, right after she was vice president dick cheney's deputy assistant so nina has great expe

we're going to have senator lamar alexander, we're going to have educators like steve perry rick hess at aei and dr. heart stock to phone to action as well. here's what i want you to walk away with an understanding that we understand that we believe that a child's education should not be determined. the quality of your education should not be determined by your zip code. that every child in every facet of this nation has the potential to be a lifelong learner. and to be a child of excellence. we want to make sure we focus our attention to make sure that every single student, everywhere in the nation, no matter your zip code, no matter your ethnic background. no matter your family income.

dr. steve perry. he is the founder and ceo of one of the top public schools in the country. capital preparatory magnet school. mostly low income families mostly children of color, graduates 100% of its children and has done so every year since 2006 sending them to four-year colleges. that is worth -- dr. perry is a regular contributor for cnn and msnbc. a best-selling author. a tv host and as soon as you will hear him talk you will see him be one of the most passionate voices for education reform and for real change in communities around the country. next to dr. perry is nina reece, who i've had the honor of knowing for almost 20 years now. she is the president and ceo of the national line of public charter schools. she has over 20 years experience in d.c. most recently is the senior vice president for strategic niche initiatives for knowledge universe. she has also served as the first assistant deppsy secretary for innovation at the department of education. they never had a secretary for innovation to change before. and nina was the first. that was of course right after she

dr. steve perry. thank you for being with us. steve, i want to go to you first.? >> it's disturbing but not surprising. we have so many children who are fractured, seen too much for them to completely understand and make sense of what it is that they see and this child, both these children in particular showed so many signs they were troubled and they were missed. >> they were troubled but to think this character was real i think that's what is so hard for people to wrap their heads around. i want to play another clip for you, danny. as both of the girls describe their interactions with slenderman. >> when you guys were walking you thought you saw slender? >> it was after morgan stabbed her. >> very sharp. >> see him in your dreams or where do you see him at? >> i see him in my dreams. >> i see him in my dreams. danny, can insanity be part of this defense for these girls or no? >> it could be. wisconsin was one of the first states to have a juvenile insanity defense, but this case is not yet in juvenile court. the first order of business for defense, drag this ca

we're going to have educators like steve perry from capital preparatory schools to grassroot energizers like rick hess at aei and dr. hartsock from phone to action, as well. here's what i want you to walk away with. is an understanding that we understand that we believe that a child's education should not be determined. the quality of your education should not be determined by your zip code. that every child in every facet of this nation has the potential to be a lifelong learner. and to be a child of excellence. and so we want to make sure that we focus our attention on making sure that every single student everywhere in the nation no matter your zip code no matter your ethnic background no matter your family income has the opportunity to succeed, and if we do that, our future will be amazing. >> amen! >> thank you, brother. i like that. the brethren over here to the left understands us. amen. there you go. let me make it crystal clear. we must act now on the issue of educational choice. this is not an issue that we could just say is a good issue. this is an issue that we have to fight for every single day to make

lamar alexander we're going to have educators like steve perry from capital preparatory schools to grassroots energizers like rick hess at aei and dr cam ya hartsock as well. here's what i want you to work with is an understanding that we understand that we believe that a child's education should not be determined, the quality of your education should not be determined by your zip code. that every child in every facet of this nation has the potential to be a lifelong learner. and to be a child of excellence. and so we want to make sure that we focus our attention on making sure that every single student everywhere in the nation no matter your zip code, no matter your ethnic background no matter your family income has the opportunity to succeed. and if we do that, our future will be amazing. >> amen. [applause] >> thank you brother. [applause] i like that. [laughter] the brethren over here to the left understands the amen. [laughter] let me make it crystal clear. we must act now on the issue of educational choice. this is not an issue that we can just say is a good issue. this is an issue that we have to fight for every single day t