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From @lex-luthor.ai.mit.edu:jcma@REAGAN.AI.MIT.EDU Tue Apr 20 18:48:59 1993
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 16:42-0400
From: The White House <75300.3115@compuserve.com>
Subject: Remarks by the President: Teacher of the Year Award
To: Clinton-News-Distribution@campaign92.org
Status: OR
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
______________________________________________________________
For Immediate Release April 20, 1993
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
DURING PRESENTATION OF TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARD
The Rose Garden
1:25 P.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon. Please be seated. I
want to say, first, how delighted I am to be here with Secretary
Riley and with Senator Graham. The three of us served as governors
together during the 1980s when we worked constantly on strategies to
improve our schools, when we led often difficult and long efforts to
upgrade the standards in American education and to improve the
quality of instruction our children were receiving.
There were no two governors whom I admired more during
that period than the two who now stand on this stage with the Teacher
of the Year. And I think both of them would join me in saying that,
after all the testimony has been heard and all the bills have been
passed and the funds have been raised and allocated, it all comes
down to what happens between the teacher and the students in the
classroom.
That's why today's ceremony honoring the National
Teacher of the Year is so important. Tracey Leon Bailey is one
recognition all across our country for highly advanced and innovative
science programs. He's developed and introduced into Florida's
classrooms cutting-edge programs in molecular biology and DNA
fingerprinting -- subjects usually taught only in college and, I
might add, probably only dimly understood here in the Nation's
Capital. (Laughter.)
Within three years of being hired by a satellite high
school, Mr. Bailey's institution had one of the strongest science
programs in the entire state of Florida, and it won numerous national
and international awards. These advanced programs aren't just for a
favored few. Tracey Bailey has inspired all kinds of students,
including those previously known as low-achieving or at-risk to reach
for excellence and to attain it. This is what our students need and
what our country needs.
Today, we know that a good future with high wages and
rich opportunities rests on the foundation of quality education for a
lifetime. The basics aren't enough anymore. All our kids need
competence in math and science and advanced problem-solving. That's
why Tracey Bailey's accomplishments are so important and why I am so
pleased and proud to participate in recognizing and honoring these
accomplishments.
Tracey, you represent the best in the United States.
I'm glad to recognize you today and to formally present you with this
Apple Award as the Teacher of the Year for 1993. (Applause.)
MR. BAILEY: Thank you, Mr. President. It is indeed a
great honor and a tremendous responsibility to represent the nation's
2.5 million teachers. And we appreciate the support that you have
shown for education, and we're looking forward to working with you to
help redesign and improve our nation's schools.
We know that the quality of our children's education
will directly impact the future of our economic and social landscape
in the years to come. And we thank you so much for your continued
support and commitment to our children's education. Thank you again.
(Applause.)
THE PRESIDENT: In closing, I would like to also welcome
the education leaders in Florida who are here, those representing the
national education groups who have also come. I'd like to recognize
Tracey's congressman, Representative Jim Bacchus in the back, himself
a great advocate of education. And I'd like to remind all of you
that the ultimate purpose of the National Teacher of the Year Award
is to find a way for the rest of us to express our appreciation to
people all across this country who give their lives to our children,
all of the teachers of this country who get up every day and do their
best to try to advance the cause of learning for all the children of
America. They are, in so many ways, our most important public
servants.
Thank you very much. (Applause.)
END1:29 P.M. EDT