【正文】 16th in the proportion of our young people with a college degree, even though we know that sixty percent of new jobs in the ing decade will require more than a high school this means is that if we’re serious about building an economy that lasts – an economy in which hard work pays off with the opportunity for solid middle class jobs – we had better be serious about have to pick up our game and raise our a nation, we have an obligation to make sure that all children have the resources they need to learn – quality schools, good teachers, the latest textbooks and the right ’s why the jobs bill I sent to Congress would put tens of thousands of teachers back to work across the country, and modernize at least 35,000 39。provided relief to struggling states to prevent layoffs of teachers and police officers。not on the next election but on the next is what we can do, and that is what we must do when we e together for this bipartisan health care meeting next you, and have a great weekend.第五篇：Remarks of President Barack Obama Weekly Address The White House Saturday September 10, 2011This weekend, we’re ing together, as one nation, to mark the 10th anniversary of the September 11th ’re remembering the lives we lost—nearly 3,000 innocent men, women and ’re reaffirming our mitment to always keep faith with their ’re honoring the heroism of first responders who risked their lives—and gave their lives—to save we’re giving thanks to all who serve on our behalf, especially our troops and military families—our extraordinary 9/11 the same time, even as we reflect on a difficult decade, we must look forward, to the future we will build includes staying strong and confident in the face of any thanks to the tireless efforts of our military personnel and our intelligence, law enforcement and homeland security professionals—there should be no , America is stronger and al Qaeda is on the path to ’ve taken the fight to al Qaeda like never the past two and a half years, more senior al Qaeda leaders have been eliminated than at any time since 9/ thanks to the remarkable courage and precision of our forces, we finally delivered justice to Osama bin ’ve strengthened the partnerships and tools we need to prevail in this war against al Qaeda—working closer with allies and partners。increasing support for our first responders。investing in our Special Forces so terrorists have no safe ’re constantly working to improve the security of our homeland as well—at our airports, ports and borders。these are folks who share their stories with me in letters and at town hall meetings。school boards and ’s why in my State of the Union address this year, I said that Congress should reform the No Child Left Behind law based on the same principles that have guided Race to the the goals behind No Child Left Behind were admirable, experience has taught us that the law has some serious flaws that are hurting our children instead of helping are being forced to teach to a test, while subjects like history and science are being squeezed in order to avoid having their schools labeled as failures, some states lowered their standards in a race to the problems have been obvious to parents and educators all over this country for for years, Congress has failed to fix now, I kids only get one shot at a decent they can’t afford to wait any , I announced that we’ll be giving states more flexibility to meet high standards for teaching and ’s time for us to let states, schools and teachers e up with innovative ways to give our children the skills they need to pete for the jobs of the will make a huge difference in the lives of students all across the , I was with Ricky Hall, the principal of a school in Worcester, single student who graduated from Ricci’s school in the last three years went on to because they didn’t meet the standards of No Child Left Behind,