I do hereby urge the people of the United States to observe the week of October 12 as National School Lunch Week.

Inflation brought about by foreign oil purchases affects the quality of our schools, our tax burdens, our health care, and other social services.

I'm committed to securing for all the children in America an equal chance to learn and to dream and to excel.

He believed that teachers ought to be treated fairly.

Teacher Day, United States of America

I will nominate Cesar A. Perales to be an Assistant Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.

I also transmit for the information of the Congress a comprehensive report prepared by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare.

Protecting the lives and health of our children requires continued vigilance and increased efforts to educate every citizen to the dangers of accidental ingestion of drugs and common household products.

Thirty years ago this organization was formed with some very difficult tasks, but fairly clear tasks: to stop lynching, to permit black citizens to vote, and to let little black children go to school.

I will nominate John B. Gabusi, of Washington, D.C., to be Assistant Secretary of Education for Management.

I will nominate Carl William Fischer to be Assistant Secretary of Education for Budget and Planning.

I believe that a Department of Education will enable us to do a better job of helping states and localities carry out their responsibilities.

I believe that the current organizational status of Federal education programs is unacceptable in a nation where all levels of government invest substantially in education programs while getting less results in the actual performance and job prospects of our students.

Creation of a department of education... is one important step we can take to improve education in America.

An educated electorate was essential to a strong, healthy democracy.

I welcome the Senate's passage of the department of education bill.

Education can provide the key to overcoming all our problems.

I believe that this is unacceptable in a nation where all levels of government spend ever-increasing amounts of money for education while getting less results in the actual performance of our students.