Let us rededicate ourselves to building an education system worthy of our daughters' and sons' enormous potential.

Poverty alone does not cause terrorism or sectarian violence, but investments in youth entrepreneurship and education are some of our best antidotes.

The road to freedom begins in the classroom.

This week, as we remember the teachers who touched our lives and shaped our futures, let us recommit to supporting those who serve in America's classrooms.

We also issued a challenge to mayors, libraries, and school leaders to help every student get a library card so they can expand their horizons in a place like this.

If there's a child on the south side of Chicago who can't read, that matters to me, even if it's not my child.

I commend His Majesty the King for graciously committing to donate $1 million per year over the next 5 years to the J. Christopher Stevens Virtual Exchange Initiative.

It's about unleashing a new market for educational devices and apps that will create jobs and spur innovation.

This is not just about wiring schools, it's about changing students' lives.

We could shrink our deficits and still invest in our families, our health, our schools, science, technology.

The Youth CareerConnect grant program is designed to encourage America's school districts, institutions of higher education, the workforce investment system, and their partners to scale up evidence-based high school models.

Students will participate in education and training, while they are still in high school, that leads to credit toward a post-secondary degree or certificate and an industry recognized credential.

America's students need deep knowledge and skills that will prepare them for college and the jobs of the future.

A great education is a ticket into the middle class, and it should be available to everyone willing to work for it.

I want to make sure that we are investing in early childhood education that we know gives us the biggest bang for the buck.

We have the opportunity when young people come to this country to study on our dime, making sure that if they're able and willing, they can stay here, start businesses of their own, contribute to our economy, help our exports.

We must provide Iraq's youth with the educational opportunities they deserve.

I want to make sure we keep our Pell grant program growing.