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We intend to Leave No Child Behind and to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start, and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities.
The Leave No Child Behind Mission
As we enter the 21st century, America's strength reflects our courage, our compassion, our hard work, our moral values, and our commitment to justice. Today, we can extend the American dream of our forefathers and foremothers to every child and family. We have the know-how, the experience, the tools, and the resources. And we have the responsibility as mothers, fathers, grandparents, and concerned and sensible people across our country.
We can build a nation where families have the support they need to make it at work and at home; where every child enters school ready to learn and leaves on the path to a productive future; where babies are likely to be born healthy and sick children have the health care they need; where no child has to grow up in poverty; where all children are safe in their community and every child has a place to call home-and all Americans can proudly say, "We Leave No Child Behind."
Our mission and vision in the months ahead is to do what it takes to meet the needs of children and their parents by building on the strengths and sense of fairness of the American people, learning from the best public and private ideas and successes, and moving forward to a renewed commitment to all our children.
Why now?
Because it's time! It's time because after eight years of unprecedented prosperity:
- Every 44 seconds, a baby is born into poverty.
- Every minute, a baby is born without health insurance.
- Every 11 seconds, a child is neglected or abused.
- Every 2 hours, 20 minutes, a child or youth is killed by guns.
These facts are not acts of God. They are the moral and political choices of men and women which we can change. It's time to do better!
How do we Leave No Child Behind?
What can we do as a nation?
The National Act to Leave No Child Behind
Minnesota Sponsoring Legislators and Endorsing Organizations
What can I do as a person who cares about children?
Advocate for Children!
Newsletter Articles and Updates on the Movement to Leave No Child Behind
Act to Leave No Child Behind Still Vitally Important
We Can Do Better
CDF Launches Campaign to Leave No Child Behind
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