panelists include governors jack markell of delaware and brian sandoval of nevada who talk about issues including class size, spending, curriculum and the role of the federal government. this forum, held in atlanta, was part of a conference hosted by the education commission of the states. it's just over an hour. [applause] >> thanks, roger. my name's denise, and i am the superintendent of public instruction for the great state of montana. it's my pleasure to introduce the moderator and the panelists for this next session, how can america regain its competitive edge. john merrow is the education

on our let's see i now we're not and my guests on the show today is jack markell it's been twenty years since one of the two superpowers disappeared from the world back to the soviet union collapsed into fifteen sovereign states starting a new era in. the cold war but russia u.s. relations were still not that easy although moscow was considerably more friendly and rational in his behavior to his former rival so can russia and the u.s. ever be good buddies again or will the ghost of the cold war part relations forever for asking them out who watched from inside the u.s. embassy building in moscow the last american ambassador to the soviet union jack. the cold war was in full swing when the last soul bit leader mikhail gorbachev came to power in nine hundred eighty five. the so-called perestroika reforms and trying to ease tensions with the west in response washington agreed to a new torch on the arms race and economic issues if you will cause was signed since then and the cold war officially ended at the malta summit in nine hundred eighty nine a year later the former rivals became partn

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panelists include governors jack markell of delaware and brian sandoval of nevada who talk about issuesncluding class size, spending, curriculum and the role of the federal government. this forum, held in atlanta, was part of a conference hosted by the education commission of the states. it's just over an hour. [applause] >> thanks, roger. my name's denise, and i am the superintendent of public instruction for the great state of montana. it's my pleasure to introduce the moderator and the panelists for this next session, how can america regain its competitive edge. john merrow is the education correspondent for pbs "newshour" and president of learning matters. dr. merrow began his career as an education reporter with the national public radio in 1974 with the weekly program, options in education. joining dr. merrow are two people familiar speaking in front of you, delaware governor jack markell and nevada governor brian sandoval. also joining the panel is dr. dr.edie hirsh, professor emeritus of education and humanities at the university of virginia. please join me in welcoming them all

it is a pleasure to have you here today, governor jack markell. [applause] >> thank you, it is great to be here. i want to thank matt and neera tanden and chennai. i believe this is the defining issue of the day and this is really just a terrific, terrific rapport. businesses have more choices than ever about where they are born to look for candidates for jobs. there are 3 billion people in the world looking for jobs. and there are 1.2 billion jobs available. so we are truly in the global war for jobs, which means we are in a global war. the jobs are going to go where the talent is. the numbers show in this report are absolutely stunning in terms of the investments in the results in india and china, and they are not the only two. so this report outlines the need for comprehensive national strategy. in the absence of such a movement, we have some incredible work underway in our state that i would like to show you today. there are several efforts underway in delaware. they began to address the competitiveness of jobs. it really starts with the recog

it is a pleasure to have you here today, governor jack markell. [applause] >> thank you, it is great to be here. i want to thank matt and neera tanden and chennai. i believe this is the defining issue of the day and this is really just a terrific, terrific rapport. businesses have more choices than ever about where they are born to look for candidates for jobs. there are 3 billion people in the world looking for jobs. and there are 1.2 billion jobs available. so we are truly in the global war for jobs, which means we are in a global war. the jobs are going to go where the talent is. the numbers show in this report are absolutely stunning in terms of the investments in the results in india and china, and they are not the only two. so this report outlines the need for comprehensive national strategy. in the absence of such a movement, we have some incredible work underway in our state that i would like to show you today. there are several efforts underway in delaware. they began to address the competitiveness of jobs. it really starts with the recog

it is a pleasure to have you here today, governor jack markell. [applause] >> thank you, it is great to be here. i want to thank matt and neera tanden and chennai. i believe this is the defining issue of the day and this is really just a terrific, terrific rapport. businesses have more choices than ever about where they are born to look for candidates for jobs. there are 3 billion people in the world looking for jobs. and there are 1.2 billion jobs available. so we are truly in the global war for jobs, which means we are in a global war. the jobs are going to go where the talent is. the numbers show in this report are absolutely stunning in terms of the investments in the results in india and china, and they are not the only two. so this report outlines the need for comprehensive national strategy. in the absence of such a movement, we have some incredible work underway in our state that i would like to show you today. there are several efforts underway in delaware. they began to address the competitiveness of jobs. it really starts with the recog

i am honored to turn the podium over to jack markell cal, governor of delaware. he is a champion of children. he is a national leader in the area of school reform. he is the co-chair of the common force standards initiative, and he led delaware's efforts in the race to the top initiative. governor mark carroll, it is an honor for you to be here. >> >> it is great to be fair. and what to think matt and center for the next generation. this is the defining issue of the day, and this is a terrific reports. the fact his businesses have more tauruses than ever about where they will locate jobs. there are 3 billion people in the world looking for jobs, and there are 1.2 billion jobs available. we are truly in a global work four jobs, which means we are in a war for talent, because jobs are going to go where the talent is. the numbers are absolutely stunning in terms of the investments and the result, and india and china are not the only ones, and so this report outlines the the for a comprehensive national strategy, and in the absence of such a movement, we have incredi

i am honored to turn the podium to jack markell, governor of delaware. he is a national leader in areas of school reform. his tour of the national governors' association. and he is the code-share of the standards initiative. it is a pleasure to have you here today. [applause] >> thank you. it is great to be here. i want to thank matt james, neera tanden. i believe this is the defining issue of the day. i think this is really a terrific, terrific report. the fact is that businesses have more tauruses than ever about where to locate jobs. they tell us there are 3 billion people in the world looking for jobs and 1.2 billion jobs available. so, we are truly in a global world for jobs. -- a global war for jobs. and companies are going to go where the talent is. and india and china are not the only two. this report outlines the need for comprehensive national strategy. and in the absence of such a movement, i believe we have some incredible work under way in our states. there are several efforts underway in the delaware. they begin to address the competitivene