Barack Obama

dayton __PUNCT__ oh __PUNCT__ yesterdai wa a special dai around my hous __PUNCT__

it wa back __PUNCT__ to __PUNCT__ school_dai for my girl __PUNCT__

sasha start second grade and malia began __NUM__ __PUNCT__

i know malia wa realli embarrass when i walk her to the classroom __PUNCT__ but i did it anywai becaus she still daddi girl __PUNCT__

and see them back at school wa a remind not onli that anoth year had pass and that thei grow up a littl faster than i sometim like __PUNCT__

it wa also a remind of all the other parent who ar drop their children off at school __PUNCT__ and all the other kid who ar get readi for anoth year of class __PUNCT__

everi four year __PUNCT__ we hear candid talk about the vital_import of educ __PUNCT__ about how improv our school is kei to the futur of our children and the futur of our countri __PUNCT__

everi four year __PUNCT__ we hear about how thi time __PUNCT__ we go to make it an urgent nation_prioriti __PUNCT__

rememb the __NUM___elect __PUNCT__ when georg w __PUNCT__ bush promis to be the __PUNCT__ educ presid __PUNCT__

but just as with energi_independ and health_care __PUNCT__ the urgenc of upgrad public_educ for the __NUM___centuri ha been talk to death in washington __PUNCT__

and that failur to act ha put our nation in jeopardi __PUNCT__

well __PUNCT__ the dai of reckon is here __PUNCT__

our kid and our countri can't afford four more year of neglect and indiffer __PUNCT__

at thi defin moment in our histori __PUNCT__ america_face few more urgent challeng than prepar our children to compet in a global_economi __PUNCT__

the decis our leader make about educ in the come year will shape our futur for gener to come __PUNCT__

thei will help determin not onli whether our children have the chanc to fulfil their god __PUNCT__ given potenti __PUNCT__ or whether our worker have the chanc to build a better life for their famili __PUNCT__ but whether we __PUNCT__ as a nation __PUNCT__ will remain in the __NUM___centuri the kind of global_econom leader that we were in the __NUM___centuri __PUNCT__

the rise import of educ reflect the new demand of our new world __PUNCT__

in recent_decad __PUNCT__ revolut in commun and inform_technolog have broken down barrier that onc kept countri and market apart __PUNCT__ creat a singl __PUNCT__ global_economi that is more integr and interconnect than ever befor __PUNCT__

in thi economi __PUNCT__ compani can plant their job wherev there an internet connect and someon will to do the work __PUNCT__ mean that children here in dayton ar grow up compet with children not onli in detroit __PUNCT__ but in delhi as well __PUNCT__

what matter __PUNCT__ then __PUNCT__ isn't what you do or where you live __PUNCT__ but what you know __PUNCT__

when two __PUNCT__ third of all new job requir a higher_educ or advanc train __PUNCT__ knowledg is the most valuabl skill you can sell __PUNCT__

it not onli a pathwai to opportun __PUNCT__ but a prerequisit __PUNCT__

without a good pre __PUNCT__ school educ __PUNCT__ our children ar less like to keep up with their peer __PUNCT__

without a high_school diploma __PUNCT__ you like to make about three time less than a colleg_graduat __PUNCT__

and without a colleg_degre or industri certif __PUNCT__ it harder and harder to find a job that can help you support your famili and keep up with rise_cost __PUNCT__

but it not just that a world __PUNCT__ class educ is essenti for worker to compet and win __PUNCT__ it that an educ workforc is essenti for america to compet and win __PUNCT__

without a workforc train in math __PUNCT__ scienc __PUNCT__ and technolog and the other skill of the __NUM___centuri __PUNCT__ our compani will innov less __PUNCT__ our economi will grow less __PUNCT__ and our nation will be less competit __PUNCT__

if we want to outcompet the world tomorrow __PUNCT__ we must out __PUNCT__ educ the world_todai __PUNCT__

if we want to keep build the car of the futur here in america __PUNCT__ we can't afford to see the number of phd in engin climb in china __PUNCT__ south_korea __PUNCT__ and japan even as it drop here in america __PUNCT__ we can't afford a futur where our high_school school_student rank near the bottom in math and scienc __PUNCT__ and our high_school drop __PUNCT__ out rate is on of the highest in the industri_world __PUNCT__

if we want to build a __NUM___centuri infrastructur and repair our crumbl road and bridg __PUNCT__ we can't afford a futur where a third of all __NUM__ grader and a fifth of all __NUM__ grader can't do basic math __PUNCT__ and black and latino student ar even further behind __PUNCT__ where elementari_school kid ar onli get an averag___NUM__ __NUM___minut of scienc each dai when over __NUM__ __PUNCT__ of the fastest __PUNCT__ grow job requir some knowledg in math and scienc __PUNCT__

if we want to see middl_class incom rise like thei did in the __NUM__ __PUNCT__ we can't afford a futur where so mani american ar price out of colleg __PUNCT__ where onli __NUM__ percent of our student ar prepar to take colleg __PUNCT__ level english __PUNCT__ math __PUNCT__ and scienc __PUNCT__ where million of job ar go unfil becaus american don't have the skill to work them __PUNCT__ and where bare on in ten low __PUNCT__ incom_student will ever get their colleg_degre __PUNCT__

that kind of futur is econom unten for america __PUNCT__

it is moral unaccept for our children __PUNCT__

and it is not who we ar as a nation __PUNCT__

we ar a nation that ha alwai renew our system of educ to meet the challeng of a new time __PUNCT__

lincoln creat the land grant colleg to ensur the success of the union he wa fight to save __PUNCT__

gener of leader built mandatori public_school to prepar our children for the chang need of our nation __PUNCT__

and eisenhow doubl feder invest in educ after the soviet beat us to space __PUNCT__

that is the kind of leadership we must show todai __PUNCT__

but that not the leadership we been get from washington __PUNCT__

for decad __PUNCT__ thei been stuck in the same tire debat over educ that have crippl our progress and left school and parent to fend for themselv __PUNCT__

it been democrat versu republican __PUNCT__ voucher versu the statu_quo __PUNCT__ more monei versu more reform __PUNCT__

there partisanship and there bicker __PUNCT__ but there no understand that both side have good_idea that we need to implement if we hope to make the chang our children need __PUNCT__

and we fallen further and further behind as a result __PUNCT__

if we go to make a real and last differ for our futur __PUNCT__ we have to be will to move beyond the old argument of left and right and take meaning __PUNCT__ practic step to build an educ_system worthi of our children and our futur __PUNCT__

in the past few week __PUNCT__ my oppon ha taken to talk about the need for chang and reform in washington __PUNCT__ where he ha been part of the scene for about three decad __PUNCT__

and in those three decad __PUNCT__ he ha not done on thing to truli improv the qualiti of public_educ in our countri __PUNCT__

not on real propos or law or initi __PUNCT__

noth __PUNCT__

instead __PUNCT__ he march with the ideologu in hi parti in oppos effort to hire more teacher __PUNCT__ and expand head_start __PUNCT__ and make colleg more afford __PUNCT__

you don't reform our school by oppos effort to fulli fund no child_left behind __PUNCT__

and you certainli don't reform our educ_system by call to close the depart of educ __PUNCT__

that would just make it harder for us to give out financi_aid __PUNCT__ harder for us to keep track of how our school ar do __PUNCT__ and lead to widen inequ in who get a colleg_degre __PUNCT__

that is not my idea of reform __PUNCT__

that is not my idea of chang __PUNCT__

that is not a plan to help your kid compet with those kid in china and india __PUNCT__

after three decad of indiffer on educ __PUNCT__ do you realli believ that john_mccain is go to make a differ now __PUNCT__

john mccain doesn't get it __PUNCT__

he doesn't understand that our success as a nation depend on our success in educ __PUNCT__

i do __PUNCT__

that why last __DATE__ __PUNCT__ i propos an educ agenda that move beyond parti and ideolog and focus instead on what will make the most differ in a child life __PUNCT__

my plan call for give everi child a world __PUNCT__ class educ from the dai thei born until the dai thei graduat from colleg __PUNCT__

it a plan that start with invest in earli __PUNCT__ childhood_educ becaus we know that children in these program ar more like to score higher in read and math __PUNCT__ more like to graduat high_school and attend_colleg __PUNCT__ more like to hold a job and earn more in that job __PUNCT__

and it a plan that will final put a colleg_degre within reach for anyon who want on by provid a __MONEY__ tax_credit to ani middl_class student who will to serv their commun or their countri __PUNCT__

of cours __PUNCT__ we also have to fix the broken_promis of no child_left behind __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ i believ that the goal of thi law were the right on __PUNCT__

make a promis to educ everi child with an excel teacher is right __PUNCT__

close the achiev_gap that exist in too mani citi and rural_area is right __PUNCT__

more account is right __PUNCT__

higher_standard ar right __PUNCT__

but i tell you what wrong with no child_left behind __PUNCT__

forc our teacher __PUNCT__ our princip __PUNCT__ and our school to accomplish all of thi without the resourc thei need is wrong __PUNCT__

promis high __PUNCT__ qualiti teacher in everi classroom and then leav the support and the pai for those teacher behind is wrong __PUNCT__

label a school and it student as failur on dai and then throw your hand up and walk awai from them the next is wrong __PUNCT__

and by the wai __PUNCT__ don't tell us that the onli wai to teach a child is to spend most of the year prepar him to fill in a few bubbl on a standard_test __PUNCT__

let final help our teacher and princip develop a curriculum and assess that teach our kid to becom more than just good test __PUNCT__ taker __PUNCT__

we need assess that can improv achiev by includ the kind of research __PUNCT__ scientif investig __PUNCT__ and problem __PUNCT__ solv that our children will need to compet in a __NUM___centuri knowledg_economi __PUNCT__

we must fix the failur of no child_left behind __PUNCT__

we must provid the fund we were promis __PUNCT__ and give our state the resourc thei need __PUNCT__ and final meet our commit to special_educ __PUNCT__

but democrat have to realiz that fix no child_left behind is not enough to prepar our children for a global_economi __PUNCT__

we need a new vision for a __NUM___centuri educ __PUNCT__ on where we aren't just support exist school __PUNCT__ but spur innov __PUNCT__ where we not just invest more monei __PUNCT__ but demand more reform __PUNCT__ where parent take respons for their children success __PUNCT__ where our school and govern ar account for result __PUNCT__ where we recruit __PUNCT__ retain __PUNCT__ and reward an armi of new teacher __PUNCT__ and student ar excit to learn becaus thei attend_school of the futur __PUNCT__ and where we expect all our children not onli to graduat high_school __PUNCT__ but to graduat colleg and get a good pai_job __PUNCT__

it time to ask ourselv why other countri ar outperform us in educ __PUNCT__

becaus it not that their kid ar smarter than our __PUNCT__ it that thei be smarter about how to educ their kid __PUNCT__

thei spend less time teach thing that don't matter and more time teach thing that do __PUNCT__

their student ar spend more time in school __PUNCT__ and thei set higher expect __PUNCT__

that what we need to be do __PUNCT__ becaus america isn't a countri that accept second place __PUNCT__

when i presid __PUNCT__ we fight to make sure we onc again first in the world when it come to high_school school_graduat graduat_rate __PUNCT__

we push our kid to studi harder and aim higher __PUNCT__

i work with republican_senat jim demint on a bill that would challeng high_school school_student to take colleg __PUNCT__ level cours __PUNCT__ and make sure low __PUNCT__ incom neighborhood and rural_commun have access to those cours __PUNCT__

and i make it the law of the land when i presid __PUNCT__

and we also set a goal of increas the number of high_school school_student take colleg __PUNCT__ level or ap cours by __NUM__ percent in the come year __PUNCT__

becaus i believ that when we challeng our kid to succe __PUNCT__ thei will __PUNCT__

a while back __PUNCT__ i wa talk with my friend arn_duncan __PUNCT__ who run the chicago public_school __PUNCT__

he wa explain how he manag to increas the number of kid take and pass ap cours in chicago over the last few year __PUNCT__

what he said wa __PUNCT__ our kid aren't smarter than thei were three year_ago __PUNCT__ our expect for them ar just higher __PUNCT__

well __PUNCT__ i think it time we rais expect for our kid all across thi countri __PUNCT__ and that what we do when i presid of the unit_state __PUNCT__

the second thing we need to do is make sure that we prepar our kid for the __NUM___centuri economi by bring our school_system into the __NUM___centuri __PUNCT__

part of what that mean is foster the kind of school that will help prepar our kid __PUNCT__ which is why i call for the creation of an innov school_fund __PUNCT__

thi fund will invest in school like the austin polytechn academi __PUNCT__ which is locat in a part of chicago that been hard hit by the declin in manufactur over the past few decad __PUNCT__

thank to partnership with a number of compani __PUNCT__ a curriculum that prepar student for a career in engin __PUNCT__ and a requir that student graduat with at least two industri certif __PUNCT__ austin polytech is bring hope back to the commun __PUNCT__

and that the kind of model we replic across the countri when i presid of the unit_state __PUNCT__

give our parent real choic about where to send their kid to school also mean show the same_kind of leadership at the nation_level that i did in illinoi when i pass a law to doubl the number of charter_school in chicago __PUNCT__

that is why as presid __PUNCT__ i doubl the fund for respons charter school __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ i know you had a tough_time with for __PUNCT__ profit charter_school here in ohio __PUNCT__

that is why i work with governor strickland to hold for __PUNCT__ profit charter school account __PUNCT__ and i work with all our nation_governor to hold all our charter_school account __PUNCT__

charter school that ar success will get the support thei need to grow __PUNCT__

and charter that aren't will get shut down __PUNCT__

and we help ensur that more of our kid have access to qualiti afterschool and summer school and extend school_dai for student who need it __PUNCT__ becaus if thei can do that in china __PUNCT__ we can do that right here in the unit_state of america __PUNCT__

as we bring our school_system into the __NUM___centuri __PUNCT__ we also have to bring our school into the __NUM__ centuri __PUNCT__

becaus while technolog ha transform just about everi aspect of our live __PUNCT__ from the wai we travel to the wai we commun to the wai we look after our health __PUNCT__ on of the place where we fail to seiz it full_potenti is in the classroom __PUNCT__

imagin a futur where our children ar more motiv becaus thei aren't just learn on blackboard but on new whiteboard with digit touch screen __PUNCT__ where everi student in a classroom ha a laptop at their desk __PUNCT__ where thei don't just do book report but design powerpoint present __PUNCT__ where thei don't just write paper but build websit __PUNCT__ where research isn't done just by take a book out of the librari but by email expert in the field __PUNCT__ and where teacher ar less a sourc of knowledg than a coach for how best to us it __PUNCT__

by foster innov __PUNCT__ we can help make sure everi school in america is a school of the futur __PUNCT__

that what we do when i presid __PUNCT__

we help school integr technolog into their curriculum so we can make sure public_school school_student ar fluent in the digit languag of the __NUM___centuri economi __PUNCT__

we teach our student not onli math and scienc __PUNCT__ but teamwork __PUNCT__ and critic think and commun skill __PUNCT__ becaus that how we make sure thei prepar for todai workplac __PUNCT__

but no matter how mani choic we give our parent or how much technolog we us in our school or how tough our class ar __PUNCT__ none of it will make much differ if we don't also recruit __PUNCT__ prepar __PUNCT__ and retain outstand teacher __PUNCT__

becaus from the moment a child enter a school __PUNCT__ the most import_factor in their success is the person stand at the front of the classroom __PUNCT__

that why last year __PUNCT__ i propos a new servic scholarship program that will recruit top talent into the profess __PUNCT__ and place these new teacher in overcrowd district and struggl rural town __PUNCT__ or hard __PUNCT__ to __PUNCT__ staff subject like special_educ in school across the nation __PUNCT__

to prepar these new teacher __PUNCT__ i creat more teacher resid program that will build on a law i recent pass and train __NUM__ high __PUNCT__ qualiti teacher a year __PUNCT__ especi in math and scienc __PUNCT__

to support our teacher __PUNCT__ we expand mentor program that pair experienc __PUNCT__ success teacher with new recruit __PUNCT__

and when our teacher succe in make a real differ in our children_live __PUNCT__ we should reward them for it by find new wai to increas teacher pai that ar develop with teacher __PUNCT__ not impos on them __PUNCT__

we can do thi __PUNCT__

from princ georg counti in maryland to denver __PUNCT__ colorado __PUNCT__ we see teacher and school_board come togeth to design perform_pai plan __PUNCT__

so ye __PUNCT__ we must give teacher everi tool thei need to be success __PUNCT__

but we also need to give everi child the assur that thei have the teacher thei need to be success __PUNCT__

that mean set a firm standard __PUNCT__ teacher who ar do a poor_job will get extra support __PUNCT__ but if thei still don't improv __PUNCT__ thei be replac __PUNCT__

becaus as good_teacher ar the first to tell you __PUNCT__ if we go to attract the best teacher to the profess __PUNCT__ we can't settl for school fill with poor teacher __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ i know thi sound like a lot __PUNCT__ but we can do it all __PUNCT__ we can increas the number of student take colleg __PUNCT__ level cours __PUNCT__ expand innov and school_choic __PUNCT__ invest in the school of tomorrow __PUNCT__ and put a qualiti teacher in everi classroom __PUNCT__ all for the cost of just a few dai in iraq __PUNCT__

and we pai for that cost by carefulli wind down the war in iraq __PUNCT__ by end no __PUNCT__ bid contract __PUNCT__ and by elimin wast spend __PUNCT__

so we make these invest __PUNCT__ but we do it without mortgag our children futur on an even larger amount of debt __PUNCT__

we do it respons __PUNCT__

thi lead me to my final point __PUNCT__ as presid __PUNCT__ i will lead a new era of account in educ __PUNCT__

but i don't just want to hold our teacher account __PUNCT__

i want you to hold our govern_account __PUNCT__

i want you to hold me account __PUNCT__

that why everi year i presid __PUNCT__ i will report back to you on the progress our school ar make __PUNCT__

becaus it time to stop pass the buck on educ __PUNCT__ and start accept respons __PUNCT__ and that the kind of exampl i set as presid of the unit_state __PUNCT__

account in washington start by make sure that everi tax_dollar dollar_spent by the depart of educ is be spent wise __PUNCT__

when i presid __PUNCT__ program that work will get more monei __PUNCT__

program that don't will get less __PUNCT__

and we send a team to fix bad program by replac bad manag __PUNCT__

becaus your tax_dollar should onli be fund program and grant that actual make a differ in a child educ __PUNCT__

but in the end __PUNCT__ respons for our children success doesn't start in washington __PUNCT__

it start in our home __PUNCT__

it start in our famili __PUNCT__

becaus no educ_polici can replac a parent who involv in their child educ from dai on __PUNCT__ who make sure their children ar in school on time __PUNCT__ help them with their homework after dinner __PUNCT__ and attend those parent __PUNCT__ teacher confer __PUNCT__

no govern_program can turn off the tv __PUNCT__ or put awai the video_game __PUNCT__ or read to your children __PUNCT__

but we can help parent do a better job __PUNCT__

that why i creat a parent report card that will show you whether your kid is on the path to colleg __PUNCT__

we help school post student progress report onlin so you can get a regular updat on what kind of grade your child is get on test and quizz from week to week __PUNCT__

if your kid is fall behind __PUNCT__ or plai hooki __PUNCT__ or isn't on track to go to colleg or compet for that good pai_job __PUNCT__ it will be up to you to do someth about it __PUNCT__

so ye __PUNCT__ we need to hold our govern_account __PUNCT__

ye __PUNCT__ we have to hold our school account __PUNCT__

but we also have to hold ourselv account __PUNCT__

you know __PUNCT__ when i drop my daughter off at school yesterdai __PUNCT__ i couldn't help but think about all america had done over the year to give me and my famili a good educ __PUNCT__

thi is a countri that put my grandfath through colleg on the gi_bill after he left patton armi __PUNCT__

thi is a countri that drew my father __PUNCT__ like so mani immigr __PUNCT__ across an ocean in search of a colleg_degre __PUNCT__

and thi is a countri that let the child of a teenag mom and an absent father reach for hi dream __PUNCT__

you see __PUNCT__ i wasn't born with a lot of advantag __PUNCT__

but i wa given love __PUNCT__ and support __PUNCT__ and an educ that put me on a pathwai to success __PUNCT__

the same wa true for michel __PUNCT__

she came from a blue collar famili on the south_side of chicago __PUNCT__

even though her father had multipl sclerosi __PUNCT__ he went to work everi dai at the local water filtrat plant to support hi famili __PUNCT__

and michel and her brother were abl to go to a great colleg __PUNCT__ and reach a littl further for their dream __PUNCT__

so i know that the onli reason michel and i ar where we ar todai is becaus thi countri we love gave us the chanc at an educ __PUNCT__

and the reason i run for presid is to give everi singl american that same chanc __PUNCT__ to give the young sister out there born with a gift for invent the chanc to becom the next orvil and wilbur wright __PUNCT__ to give the young_boi out there who want to creat a life __PUNCT__ save cure the chanc to becom the next jona salk __PUNCT__ and to give the child out there whose imagin ha been spark by the wonder of the internet the chanc to becom the next bill_gate __PUNCT__

our futur depend on it __PUNCT__

when the stori of our time is told __PUNCT__ i don't want it to be said that china seiz thi moment to reform it educ_system __PUNCT__ but the unit_state did not __PUNCT__

i don't want it to be said that india led the wai on innov __PUNCT__ but the unit state did not __PUNCT__

i want it to be said that we rose to meet thi challeng __PUNCT__ and educ our peopl to becom the most highli __PUNCT__ skill_worker in the world __PUNCT__ just like we alwai have been __PUNCT__

becaus i know that if we can just bring our educ_system into the __NUM___centuri __PUNCT__ not onli will our children be abl to fulfil their god __PUNCT__ given potenti __PUNCT__ and our famili be abl to live out their dream __PUNCT__ not onli will our school out __PUNCT__ educ the world and our worker outcompet the world __PUNCT__ not onli will our compani innov more and our economi_grow more __PUNCT__ but at thi defin moment __PUNCT__ we will do what previou_gener of american have done __PUNCT__ and unleash the promis of our peopl __PUNCT__ unlock the promis of our countri __PUNCT__ and make sure that america remain a beacon of opportun and prosper for all the world __PUNCT__

thank you __PUNCT__