"In the 21st century, one of the best anti-poverty programs is a world-class education, " Obama says.
It was the first time the Church of England had been involved in secondary education in Knowsley, and promised students a "world-class education".
And this funding is tied to reforms that raise student achievement, inspire students to excel in math and science, and turn around failing schools which consign too many young people to a lesser future -- because in the 21st century there is no better anti-poverty program than a world-class education.
Initiatives like the ED-X partnership between Harvard and MIT promise to give non-traditional students elements of a world-class education online, and for free.
And that's why I mentioned yesterday -- I mentioned yesterday the single best anti-poverty program around is a world-class education. (Applause.) That's why we're going to invest in early childhood education.
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In the 21st century, the best anti-poverty program around is a world-class education. (Applause.) And in this country, the success of our children cannot depend more on where they live than on their potential.
Now, for example, we all agree that education is the key to a 21st century economy. (Applause.) We all agree that the best anti-poverty program around is a world-class education. (Applause.) So why don't we work together to transform our schools, so that every child in America can compete with their counterparts around the world, from Beijing to Bangalore.
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In a more education-focused college football world, the national championship would be determined by a combination of BCS and APR rankings.
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So congratulations again on your achievement and good luck getting your real-world education.
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What Salman Khan and his Khan Academy did for elementary and secondary education, offering world-class instruction online for free, will soon be replicated throughout academia.
Through our for-profit work with the education sector, HP has real-world expertise in how to set up technologies for maximum impact, how to integrate new technologies successfully, how to tailor technology to specific needs and how to help educators throughout the process.
Rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure, sparking a clean energy revolution, transforming American health care, creating the best education system in the world -- that's our future.
An Indian with a basic college education has access to world-class goods that his parents (who might have saved for decades for a sputtering scooter) could only have dreamed of buying.
This progresses upwards with increasing complexity to the end of secondary level education - where a study of world history requires an analysis of the role of specified Russian leaders in the break-up of the Soviet Union.
We will eventually see a resulting decline in the quality of what has been the best higher-education system in the world, as the people capable of designing a college curriculum and staffing it lose authority over the areas of their professional expertise.
She cites changes we have made before as a society to improve our way of life--changes like waste collection and public education-- as models for how we need to change the world again.
This is vital if England aspires to have a world-class education and skills system.
Today we have set objectives for new Labour Government - a world class education system.
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All children deserve access to a world-class education and the chance to pursue their dreams.
When we give all of our kids a world-class education, we're helping to build that bridge.
And we need to train our workers for those jobs with new skills and a world-class education.
In the 2010-2011 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, Oxford and Cambridge rank similarly to Harvard and Princeton.
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But above all, extending opportunity means liberating the potential of our young people, with world-class education at every level.
According to McKinsey, America has the least cost-effective education system in the world.
President Obama and I are committed to doing our part to provide the students there with the world-class education they deserve.
The editor of the survey, Phil Baty, said uncertainty in education in England could see world-class universities collapse into global mediocrity.
And the more young people across India are getting a world-class education, that's a great thing for your country and for ours as well.
However, the outsized premium one has to pay to gain association with world-renowned education brands is, for many students, no longer worth the cost.
In his speech to Congress, President Obama laid out two job programs critical to ensuring every child has the opportunity for a world-class education.
There, they told him that you could receive a world-class education.
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