The central part of my agenda, for example, is to challenge and change Title I, to make sure we close the achievement gap, to make sure that children are not forgotten and simply shuffled through the system. Under my vision, all students must be measured. And low-performing schools, those schools that won't teach and won't change will have three years to produce result, three years to meet standards, three years to make sure the very faces of our future are not mired in mediocrity. And if they're not able to do so, the resources must go to the parents so the parents can make a different choice. You see, no child, no child should be left behind in America.
Education is the essential beginning.
But we've got to go further. To create communities of promise, we must help people build the confidence and faith to achieve their own dreams. We must put government squarely on the side of opportunity. I propose a new prosperity initiative, a plan to remove obstacles on the road to the middle class. We will start an American dream down payment fund, matching individual savings to the down payment for a home.