Ronald Reagan actually said...

We must teach our children to read, write, and compute in the early grades.

Message to the Congress on 'A Quest for Excellence'

01/26/1987

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God bless you all, and thank you very much.

I think that this was a long-overdue correction.

It's important that we understand what is happening and that a calm, sound response be the course we follow.

The administration has no objection to enactment of H.R. 2818.