05/12/2002
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"We trust the local folks. I don't want Washington, DC, running the schools."
"I know this law is working."
"There can be no compromise on the basic principles of NCLB: Every student must read, write, add, and subtract at grade level."
"It will enable our Border Patrol agents to do a better job when we reduce the number of people trying to sneak into the country."