and then we have net malka's. he's been doing yeoman's work in collecting data on student absences and analyzing the data. i think we will see some of the data in a few minutes. some quick housekeeping notes before handed off. first, after we hear from panelists, i think we will have a good 15 to 20 minutes of audience q&a. if you are here we will have microphones around, and if you are not here, feel free to email your questions and we will check the email account or on x. if you are here, you can also tweet us. if we have introverts in the room. [laughter] right after the panel we will have a reception and there will be copies of jenny and rebecca's book available and i'm sure they will be happy to sign that copy. thank you for coming and i will handed off to jenny. [applause] >> why don't you all join me? thank you also much for being here. i'm really looking forward to this conversation. we will get into four issues, we will frame the problem, the issue, the challenge, the scope, what are we rebounding from an