May 21, 2011 Word Presidential Weekly Address Assessment Phase a, B, C, D

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The White House

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release

May 21, 2011

Weekly Address: Congress Should Reform

No Child Left Behind This Year

WASHINGTON In his weekly address, President Obama praised the progress that schools likeBooker T. Washington High School in Memphis have made, and he called on Congress to fix NoChild Left Behind this year. To strengthen education in this country, we need to encouragereforms not driven by Washington, but by principals and parents so schools can determine what

is best for their kids. And that is why it is so important that Congress replace No Child LeftBehind this year, so that schools have that flexibility. Reform just cannot wait.

The audio of the address is and video of the address will be available online atwww.whitehouse.gov at 6:00 a.m. ET, Saturday, May 21, 2011.

Remarks of President Barack Obama

As Prepared for Delivery

Saturday, May 21, 2011

Washington, DC

This week, I went to Memphis, Tennessee, where I spoke to the graduating class of Booker T.Washington High School. Graduations are always happy occasions. But this commencementwas especially hopeful because of just how much the kids at Booker T. Washington HighSchool had overcome.

This is a school in the middle of a tough neighborhood in South Memphis. Theres a lot ofcrime. Theres a lot of poverty. And just a few years ago, only about half of the students at theschool graduated. Just a handful went off to college each year.

But folks came together to change all that. Under the leadership of a dynamic principal anddevoted teachers, they started special academies for ninth graders because they found that

thats when a lot of kids were lost. They made it possible for students to take AP classes orvocational courses. Most importantly, they didnt just change the curriculum; they created aculture that prizes hard work and discipline, and that shows every student that they matter.

Today, four out five students at the school earn a diploma. 70 percent continue their education,many the first in their families to go to college. So Booker T. Washington High School is nolonger a story about whats gone wrong in education. Its a story about how we can set it right.


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We need to encourage this kind of change all across America. We need to reward the reformsthat are driven not by Washington, but by principals and teachers and parents. Thats how wellmake progress in education not from the top down, but from the bottom up. And thats theguiding principle of the Race to the Top competition my administration started two years ago.

The idea is simple: if states show that theyre serious about reform, well show them the money.And its already making a difference throughout the country. In Tennessee, where I met thosestudents, theyve launched an innovative residency program so that new teachers can bementored by veteran educators. In Oregon, Michigan and elsewhere, grants are supporting thework of teachers who are lengthening the school day, offering more specialized classes, andmaking the changes necessary to improve struggling schools.

Our challenge now is to allow all fifty states to benefit from the success of Race to the Top. Weneed to promote reform that gets results while encouraging communities to figure out whats bestfor their kids. That why its so important that Congress replace No Child Left Behind this year so schools have that flexibility. Reform just cant wait.

And if anyone doubts this, they ought to head to Booker T. Washington High. They ought tomeet the inspiring young people who overcame so much, and worked so hard, to earn theirdiplomas in a school that believed in their promise and gave them the opportunity to succeed.We need to give every child in America that chance. Thats why education reform matters.

Thanks for listening, and have a great weekend.

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Weekly Address: Congress Should Reform

No Child Left Behind This Year

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WASHINGTON In his weekly address, President Obama praised the progress that schoolslike Booker T. Washington High School in Memphis have made, and he called on Congress tofix No Child Left Behind this year.

To strengthen education in this country, we need to encourage reforms not driven byWashington, but by principals and parents so schools can determine what is best for their kids.

And that is why it is so important that Congress replace No Child Left Behind this year, so that

schools have that flexibility. Reform just cannot wait.

The audio of the address is and video of the address will be available online atwww.whitehouse.gov at 6:00 a.m. ET, Saturday, May 21, 2011.

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