Political Quotes

“this past Saturday I read in the New York Times an interesting editorial dealing with the challenge of attracting good teachers into the Nation's classrooms, and the importance of having well-qualified, well-trained, and excellent teachers. There can be no greater challenge to us today than improving our education system throughout the country. It struck me as I read the editorial that this calls the attention of all of us to the fact that no matter what kind of programs we have, how much money we spend, what kind of national goals we adopt and try to implement, if we do not have good, qualified, conscientious, and committed teachers in the classrooms of the schools of America, we are not going to have a good education system. They are the cornerstone of our education system in America.”