"Americans want students to get the best education possible. We want schools to prepare children to become good citizens and members of a prosperous American economy."

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The notion that big business and big labor and big government can sit down around a table somewhere and work out the direction of the American economy is at complete variance with the reality of where the American economy is headed. I mean, it's like dinosaurs gathering to talk about the evolution of a new generation of mammals.

— Bruce Babbitt