[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 89 (Wednesday, May 8, 2013)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 26997-26998]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-11131]



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Vol. 78

Wednesday,

No. 89

May 8, 2013

Part IV





The President





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Proclamation 8975--National Charter Schools Week, 2013



Notice of May 2, 2013--Continuation of the National Emergency With 
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                Proclamation 8975 of May 3, 2013

                
National Charter Schools Week, 2013

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                America's success in the 21st century depends on what 
                we do today to reignite the true engine of our economic 
                growth: a thriving middle class. Achieving that vision 
                means making sure our education system provides ladders 
                of opportunity for our sons and daughters. We need to 
                equip all our students with the education and skills 
                that put them on the path to good jobs and a bright 
                future--no matter where they live or what school they 
                attend.

                Charter schools play an important role in meeting that 
                obligation. These learning laboratories give educators 
                the chance to try new models and methods that can 
                encourage excellence in the classroom and prepare more 
                of our children for college and careers. In return for 
                this flexibility, we should expect high standards and 
                accountability, and make tough decisions to close 
                charter schools that are underperforming and not 
                improving. But where charter schools demonstrate 
                success and exceed expectations, we should share what 
                they learn with other public schools and replicate 
                those that produce dramatic results. Many charter 
                schools choose to locate in communities with few high-
                quality educational options, making them an important 
                partner in widening the circle of opportunity for 
                students who need it most.

                Our children are ready to write the next great chapter 
                in the American story. As parents and teachers and 
                citizens, it is up to all of us to provide them the 
                tools they need to keep our country moving forward--
                from a degree that leads to a good job to the critical 
                thinking skills that make our democracy thrive. This 
                week, we recognize charter schools that are advancing 
                those goals, and we recommit to helping our Nation's 
                children go as far as their talents will take them.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the 
                United States, do hereby proclaim May 5 through May 11, 
                2013, as National Charter Schools Week. I commend our 
                Nation's charter schools, teachers, and administrators, 
                and I call on States and communities to support charter 
                schools and the students they serve.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                third day of May, in the year of our Lord two thousand 
                thirteen, and of the Independence of the United States 
                of America the two hundred and thirty-seventh.
                
                
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