. >> south korea's capital seoul is a booming, rapidly-expanding city with 20 million residents.ere, history and tradition mix with modern life -- there's no space here for a comprehensive urban renewal. but just 40 kilometers west of seoul, a new bridge leads to south korea's future: songdo city -- also called the songdo international business district. it's a place its creators call a 21st century "smart city." and it serves as a model for what other new south koran cities could look like, and how they could function. songdo has turned into a teeming laboratory for global experts and pioneers from every industry -- construction, environmental engineering, computer technology and architecture. the city of the 21st ceuntry is still a baby. when i look at the entire songdo development, the project i'm working on is only one fifth. and that part alone is alone one third complete. so you can imagine, it's just the very beginning of the city. it's not anywhere close to complete. >> south korea is an economic powerhouse in the region. songdo city is being built from the ground up -- o

rapidly prepare people for jobs. in addition to that the longer-term strategies include something we focus on for several years in the city which is education reform and expanded early childhood education. there are jobs available in early childhood education but the larger purpose for us is to try to create a contrary of young people better prepared when they go to school and get a better education as a result and 15 to 20 years will be young people who will achieve higher levels. it is no different -- the only city in america that has universal prekindergarten. every 3 and 4-year-old in d.c. can go to a d.c. public school, charter schools. we have 53 charter schools, 99 campuses and 33,000 students enrolled or community-based organization. i got through the county when i was chairman of the council and i was working on a rollout for what we will do in a few weeks of a universal infant and toddler program which will focus on young people bear to 2 years of age to complement what we are doing with pre kaye. a lot of people if i can figure out how to get seated into a program i would do that. it makes good human and educational sense and good financial sense as

rapidly prepare people for jobs. um, and in addition to that, the longer term strategies include something that we focused on now for several years in the city, and that is education reform and expanded early childhood education to kind of get the long view. obviously, there are jobs that are available in early childhood education, but the larger purpose for us is to try to create a cadre of young people who will be better prepared when they go to school, who would get a better education as a result of it, and 15 or 20 years now will be young people who will achieve at higher levels than some of our young people are now. i think we are, if you know differently let me know, but i think we are the only city in america that has universal pre-kindergarten. every 3 and 4-year-old in the district of columbia who wants him or her in a program can go to a d.c. public school, a charter school -- and we now have 53 charter schools, 99 campuses and 32,000 students enrolled -- or a community-based organization o. that was an initiative i got through the council when i was chairman, and we're now working on the rollout which we will do in just a few weeks of a universal infant and toddler program