Education

Forty years later, we know that we all benefit— all of us—when we learn together, work together, and come together.

Forty years later, we know, notwithstanding some cynics, that all our children can learn, and this school proves it.

We can now say for the first time in the history of the country—when all these tax credits kick in next year, we'll be able to say for the first time that any American who's willing to work for it can have a college education.

Investing in our people means giving every American the best education in the world.

The important thing is to use it wisely and carefully so that it provides meaningful coverage to as many children as possible.

Education and welfare reform are about bringing all Americans to the starting line of the economy, then making sure all of them are ready to run the race.

The only way we can ever do it is if we maintain the right blend of local control of our schools, State leadership, but adherence to high national standards.

I think it's very important that the American people respond to the challenge that I laid out last night to make American education the best in the world.

Learning has got to become a lifetime endeavor.

The budget will help to renew our public schools.

It proves we can protect our children from a future burdened by reckless debt even as we give them the educational opportunities they need to make the most of the 21st century.

You can grow the economy, protect the environment; you can balance the budget and invest in education; you can be strong at home and be strong abroad.

It will also enable us to connect our schools and our libraries to the information superhighway.

I intend to appoint Harry P. Pachon as a member of the President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans.

I am honored to be here with all of you, humbled and encouraged by your passionate commitment to education.

We should have a system by which school districts and States can establish very high national standards.

We can never know whether we have achieved our goal of international excellence in education for every student in the United States.

We have to, in short, commit ourselves for the first time now to have the best education in the world, not just for the few but for the many.