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Address: Ensuring Every Child Gets a Great Education
The White House
May 2, 2015
Hi everybody. I’m speaking with you from the DC Public
Library in Anacostia, where I just met with a group of promising middle school
students.
We spent some time talking about
their lives, and how we all care about their success – and how that starts with
a good education.
So one thing I announced here in
Anacostia is a new project by libraries and major publishers to provide more
than $250 million in free e-Books for low-income students.
We also issued a challenge to
mayors, libraries, and school leaders to help every student get a library card,
so they can expand their horizons in a place like this.
It’s all part of our ConnectED
initiative to connect 99% of America’s students to high-speed Internet. Because no matter who you are, where you
live, or how much money you’ve got, you should be able to access the world’s
knowledge and information just like anyone else.
In a global economy, we’ve got to
help ensure that everyone, of every age, in every zip code – urban and rural –
has the chance to learn the skills that lead directly to a good job.
That’s also why I’ve put forward
a plan to make two years of community college as free and universal for every
American as high school is today. It’s
something I’ll talk about in my commencement address next week at Lake Area
Tech, in the small town of Watertown, South Dakota. It’s a community college with a graduation
rate that is nearly twice the national average.
They’re proving that a great education can be within everyone’s reach.
All of us have a responsibility
to not only make sure our own children have pathways to success but that all
children do. And a great education is
the ticket to a better life like never before.
Making sure all our kids receive one is the surest way to show them that
their lives matter. And it’s the
smartest way to prove to them that in communities like this, and in a country
like ours, we believe in opportunity for all.
Thanks, everybody. And have a great weekend. |
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