thereeare two issues i will focus on as we reauthorize the esca. first the impact these models could have on rural schools and school districts. the second is the research base used to determine whether these models are effective at turning around low performing schools. rural and frontier schools and school districts are unique and often need uniquu solutions to their problems. to illustrate the size of wyoming, i tell people it is one of the big states, but we only have 14 cities where the population exceeds the elevation. this means we have a lot of families spread out over a large area. wyoming is a lucky to have many superintendents and principals like dr. mitchell, who are dedicated to serving students in small rural areas. why so spread out? the towns are a long way apart, and we to a policy in wyoming that a grade school student -- we do have a policy in wyoming that a grade school student should not have to travel a certain distance each way. we have districts that are as big as 15 students in some areas. they are being asked to use one of

use these different mechanisms, perkins, esca, and others. we have more resources out of school.e can build good systems as well as good programs. there is a range. >> i would like to think marla for her work and presenting it today and putting in a plug that it was also funded by the low- income working families project which i direct. to refer to people who want to see some of the brits in product, transition to adulthood has a series on our website. it features this work and some other work that was supported byhhf by -- by hhf. i would like to think the panelists for their good ideas. i would like to thank -- >> i would like to think the class to. >> www.urban.org, www.class.org, and for the dept. of labor -- >> www.dol.gov. >> i think the audience for their patience and great questions that i am sorry we could not spend more time getting questions on the table and have more extensive answers. thank you very much. [applause] >> tomorrow on "washington journal," more on president obama's response to the oil spill. also in the but the prospect of several cities defaulting on th