Bill Clinton: “The answer is yes, all schools should offer the same programs and should achieve the same high standards of excellence.…”

“The answer is yes, all schools should offer the same programs and should achieve the same high standards of excellence. One real problem we've had in America--let me just say this real quick, I don't want to get into a long answer--but in America, our school system has usually been a local school system, run community by community, paid for by the State and local governments and a little money from us at the national level. What we're trying to do now is to move toward greater equality. The State of Michigan just voted in a historic vote to take most of the property taxes away from schools and give State taxes so everybody could get a more equal education. And it's going to be one of the great crusades of the next 10 years, giving all kids, no matter where they live, a decent education.”