SpongeBoblivesina pineapplewithhispetsnail, Gary, loves his jobas a cookatthe Krusty Krab, and has a knack2 for getting into trouble without really trying.
On a scale of one to 10, the education of the nation's English learners is "below five, " said GaryCook, a specialist with the Wisconsin Center for Education Research.
Author, journalist, and Techonomy founder David Kirkpatrick greeted a crowd that included tech thought leaders Esther Dyson, Gary Hamel, and Scott Cook, and social media entrepreneurs Jack Dorsey (Twitter) and Laurel Touby (Media Bistro).