"The most important thing we can do..." - Quote by Barack Obama
The most important thing we can do is to make sure that we've got very high standards, we expect a lot out of all of our young people, and we make sure that we have the best teachers possible in every classroom.
More by Barack Obama
“Jimmy Carter will go down in American history as 'the president who lost Iran,'”
“We know that every father has a personal responsibility to do right by their kids - to encourage them to turn off the video games and pick up a book; to teach them the difference between right and wrong; to show them through our own example the value in treating one another as we wish to be treated. And most of all, to play an active and engaged role in their lives.”
“America, our endless blessings bestow an enduring burden. But as Americans, we welcome our responsibility to lead.”
More on Education
“The knowledge of the past times and of the places of the earth is both an ornament and nutriment to the human mind.”
“All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depends on the education of youth.”
“True education is a kind of never ending story — a matter of continual beginnings, of habitual fresh starts, of persistent newness.”