A r c h i v e d  I n f o r m a t i o n

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"One hundred years ago, our nation's wealth was based on raw materials. Fifty years ago it was based on the huge capacity we had for mass production. Today it's based on what our people know and what they can learn....

"When I was a boy, education was touted, as it always has been, as America's great equalizer. It is still that. But today, it is America's great energizer as well -- the best change agent we can possibly have."

President Bill Clinton,
July 5, 1993,
National Education Association Assembly,
San Francisco, California

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