[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 221 (Thursday, November 15, 2018)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 57665-57666]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-25122]


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                Proclamation 9823 of November 9, 2018

                
American Education Week, 2018

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                During American Education Week, we reaffirm our 
                commitment to ensuring that all Americans have access 
                to an affordable, high-quality education. We also 
                recognize the hard work of our Nation's dedicated 
                parents, guardians, teachers, and school leaders to 
                ensure that every child is prepared to join today's 
                growing workforce. To maintain our country's 
                competitiveness, our students deserve a good education 
                that empowers them with the knowledge, skills, and 
                character necessary to reach their full potential.

                Education is a lifelong process of learning and 
                discovery that begins at home. Parents are a child's 
                first teacher. By actively engaging with educators, 
                mentors, coaches, faith leaders, and community members, 
                parents are best equipped to shape their child's 
                education. My Administration has worked to empower 
                States and local communities with greater control and 
                flexibility over their schools. We are also protecting 
                and expanding parents' access to a wide range of high-
                quality educational choices, including effective 
                public, charter, magnet, private, parochial, online, 
                and homeschool options.

                Each student is unique, with their own distinct 
                experiences, needs, learning styles, and dreams. Thus, 
                education must be customized and individualized as 
                there is no single approach to education that works for 
                every student. My Administration encourages parents, 
                guardians, educators, and school leaders to rethink the 
                way students learn in America to ensure that every 
                American receives a high-quality education that meets 
                their needs. We empower teachers to create learning 
                environments that are challenging, relevant, and 
                engaging. When families are free to choose where and 
                how their children learn, and when teachers are free to 
                do their best work, students are able to grow and 
                explore their talents and passions.

                High-quality education also paves the way for a 
                thriving workforce in America. My Administration 
                acknowledges that our economy requires dynamic 
                approaches to education and workforce development. 
                Today's students will enter an economy that is stronger 
                than ever before. With consumer confidence at a record 
                high and unemployment at the lowest rate in almost 50 
                years, bringing our workforce development efforts into 
                the 21st century is exceedingly critical. In July, I 
                established the President's National Council for the 
                American Worker and the American Workforce Policy 
                Advisory Board to harness the expertise of the 
                education and business communities, and to allow 
                private- and public-sector collaboration to resolve 
                pressing issues related to workforce development. 
                Additionally, I was pleased to sign a reauthorization 
                of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education 
                Act. This legislation increases access to programs that 
                will help provide students with the skills they need to 
                succeed in our 21st century economy while enabling more 
                flexibility for States to meet the unique needs of 
                their students, educators, and employers. My 
                Administration is committed to ensuring that America's 
                students and workers have access to education and job 
                training that will equip them to compete and win in the 
                global economy.

                This week, we are reminded of our great responsibility 
                to empower our Nation's students to develop the skills 
                needed to pursue meaningful careers.

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                We must continue our efforts to expand freedom and 
                opportunity in education, with the knowledge that our 
                country's future relies on today's students.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, 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 November 11 through 
                November 17, 2018, as American Education Week. I 
                commend our Nation's schools, their teachers and 
                leaders, and the parents of students across this land. 
                And I call on States and communities to support high-
                quality education to meet the needs of all students.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                ninth day of November, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand eighteen, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and forty-
                third.
                
                
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[FR Doc. 2018-25122
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