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Hello. I'm Martin O'Malley. It's "back to school" time for students all across Maryland.
In our state, we are committed to giving every child the opportunity of a world-class education,
because, in an innovation economy, education is the single most effective strategy for
creating jobs and expanding middle class opportunity. Together, with record investments, even in
tough times, you and I have built the number one ranked public school system in America
for not one, not two, not three, not even four, but five years in a row. Better choices,
better results. Our goal moving forward is to build the best public school system in
not just America, but in the world. That's why we are choosing to adopt the Common Core
Standards, the curriculum that will prepare our kids to be winners in a global economy,
which is growing more knowledge-based by the day. We are one Maryland, and we are all in
this together - teachers, students, administrators, parents, and citizens. Thanks a lot.