I have said it on several occasions, several times from this podium, that providing a quality education for our children is high on my priority list. I will not stop now.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Every child should have the opportunity to receive a quality education.
We're raising a generation of kids who are being overly praised for incredibly minor accomplishments. I think it's counter-productive.
It is difficult to think of anything more important than providing the best education possible for our children. They will develop the next technologies, medical cures, and global industries, while mitigating their unintended effects, or they will fail to do these things and consign us all to oblivion.
More than anything, we must do better for our children's education.
When you think about the children, one of the things that I'm quite concerned about - and I've heard it expressed by others - is trying to find how we can build better accountability, work to provide a level of education that prepares our children for the future.
If the world's leaders are serious about improving collective well-being, we'd better get serious about prioritizing education in our nations and in our global discussion.
The top priority is leaving no child behind. We want accountability in the system, and we want schools to recognize they have a responsibility to teach students.
It is only through raising expectations and striving for excellence that our children can reach their full potential.
You know, nothing is more important than education, because nowhere are our stakes higher; our future depends on the quality of education of our children today.
Education should be one of our top funding priorities; talking about it does not help the teachers and students who desperately need promises fulfilled.