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Article: Remarks in a discussion at Pierre Laclede Elementary School in St. Louis, Missouri.(Week Ending Friday, January 9, 2004)
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- Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
- Article date:
- January 12, 2004
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January 5, 2004
The President. Well, I'm glad to be here, Madam Principal. [Laughter] One of the things you find in a successful school is a strong-willed, smart, capable principal. And that's obviously the case here, and I appreciate your hospitality.
I'm here at Laclede because this is a school that has defied expectations. It's defied expectations by raising the bar and believing that every child can learn. That's not the case in some parts of our country, unfortunately. In some parts of the country, schools just shuffle kids through, and that's not right. That's not the American way.
This school is a school that has performed, you have to ...