In a nationally televised address to Congress on Tuesday night, President Barack Obama promised to increase federal spending on education, while ending “education programs that don’t work.”
He urged all Americans to pursue “a year or more” of higher education, or career training, and set a goal for the nation to have the world’s highest proportion of college graduates by 2020.
“Every American will need to get more than a high-school diploma,” he said.
While warning that his budget, which he plans to unveil on Thursday, will contain some painful cuts, Mr. Obama identified education, energy, and health care as “three areas that are absolutely critical to our economic future.”
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