Ronald Reagan said "We can no longer afford to pass students who fail to learn from one grade to the next simply because they've come to the end of the year." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordApril 25, 1983

We can no longer afford to pass students who fail to learn from one grade to the next simply because they've come to the end of the year.

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Republican · California

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Remarks on Receiving the Final Report of the National Commission on Excellence in Education

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