That is not the world that we want to build. If achieving financial stability was the challenge of the latter years of this century, then investing in our people is our challenge of the next. In a global economy, education is the only route to lasting, inclusive growth. That is why President Clinton has been the education President. Our children should be stimulated by books, not drugs.
Education is too important to do poorly.
In an increasingly interconnected hemisphere, we all have a common stake in the citizens of all our countries. Doing better will sometimes be a matter of resources. Without adequate resources, there cannot be adequate investments in people. But equally, if not more, important will be spending more wisely the resources we have now. In too many Latin American countries, too much of the education budget gets spent on higher education for the few.