Barack Obama: “We have let our grades slip, our schools crumble, our teacher quality…”

On the recordMarch 9, 2009

We have let our grades slip, our schools crumble, our teacher quality fall short, and other nations outpace us.

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President Obama discusses the decline in education standards and the need for accountability in schools.

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