Published: March 15, 2010

Pelosi: President's Education Blueprint Establishes Clear Goals for Preparing Students for College, Careers

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WASHINGTON, March 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today on President Obama's announcement of a blueprint for an updated Elementary and Secondary Education Act that will overhaul No Child Left Behind.

"Reforming our elementary and secondary school systems is critical to our nation's long-term success. We have a moral responsibility to educate our children, raise a new generation of well-prepared students, and give our young people the tools and skills to compete in the global economy. We must work together - as elected leaders, teachers, and parents - to make our classrooms centers of academic excellence and to ensure that a strong education is a right afforded to every child.

"President Obama's blueprint establishes a clear goal for the American education system: preparing students for college and careers. The proposal makes strengthening programs in literacy as well as science, technology, engineering, and mathematics a top priority - training a workforce ready to lead in clean energy, health care, and the innovative industries of tomorrow. And it focuses on improvements that will give all children the chance to realize their full potential.

"I applaud the President for taking on the task of making comprehensive changes to our schools, and I look forward to working with the Administration, House Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller, school administrators, teachers, and families to advance our common goals for America's students."

SOURCE Office of the Speaker of the House