Political Quotes

“the sixth goal established by the Nation's Governors and President George Bush in an historic meeting at the national education Summit in 1989 provided that: By the year 2000, every school in America will be free of drugs and violence and will offer a disciplined environment conducive to learning. The only problem I have with that goal is that it probably should be the first rather than the sixth goal. If you go to school afraid about being harmed by a fellow student or becoming a victim of a drive-by shooting, you are not going to learn anything. It is in this kind of environment that we find so many of our Nation's schoolchildren. It is time the Federal Government took some responsibility for providing guidance and assistance to State and local governments and local administrators as they try to deal with these very real and very serious and sometimes very deadly problems in our Nation's schools. The purpose of this amendment is to provide some additional funds to States to share information among school districts about safe schools programs that are working and producing good benefits not only in that particular State, but around the country.”