1) "Investing in early childhood initiatives" like Head Start;
2) "Encouraging better standards and assessments" by focusing on
testing itineraries that better fit our kids and the world they
live in; 3) "Recruiting, preparing, and rewarding outstanding
teachers" by giving incentives for a new generation of teachers
and for new levels of excellence from all of our teachers. 4)
"Promoting innovation and excellence in America's schools" by
supporting charter schools, reforming the school calendar and
the structure of the school day. 5) "Providing every American
with a quality higher education--whether it's college or
technical training." As the President rightly pointed out: The
source of America's prosperity has never been merely how ably we
accumulate wealth, but how well we educate our people. This has
never been more true than it is today. In a 21st-century world
where jobs can be shipped wherever there's an Internet
connection, where a child born in Dallas is now competing with a
child in New Delhi, where