English subtitles for clip: File:2016-01-30 President Obama's Weekly Address.webm

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Hi everybody.

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As I said in my State
of the Union address,

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we live in a time of
extraordinary change -

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change that's affecting the
way we live and the way we work.

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New technology replaces
any job where work

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can be automated.

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Workers need more
skills to get ahead.

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These changes aren't new,
and they're only going

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to accelerate.

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So the question we have
to ask ourselves is,

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"How can we make sure
everyone has a fair shot at

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success in this
new economy?"

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The answer to that question
starts with education.

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That's why my Administration
has encouraged states to

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raise standards.

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We've cut the digital divide
in our classrooms in half.

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We've worked with Congress
to pass a bipartisan bill to

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set the expectation that
every student should

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graduate from high school
ready for college

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and a good job.

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And thanks to the hard work
of students, teachers,

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and parents across
the country,

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our high school graduation
rate is at an all-time high.

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Now we have to make sure all
our kids are equipped for

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the jobs of the future -
which means not just being

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able to work with computers,
but developing the

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analytical and coding skills
to power our innovation economy.

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Today's auto mechanics
aren't just sliding under

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cars to change the oil;
they're working on machines

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that run on as many as 100
million lines of code.

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That's 100 times more
than the Space Shuttle.

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Nurses are analyzing data
and managing electronic

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health records.

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Machinists are writing
computer programs.

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And workers of all kinds
need to be able to figure

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out how to break a big
problem into smaller pieces

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and identify the right
steps to solve it.

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In the new economy, computer
science isn't an optional

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skill - it's a basic skill,
right along

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with the three "Rs."

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Nine out of ten parents
want it taught at their

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children's schools.

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Yet right now, only about a
quarter of our K through 12

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schools offer
computer science.

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Twenty-two states don't even
allow it to count

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toward a diploma.

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So I've got a plan to help
make sure all our kids get

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an opportunity to learn
computer science,

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especially girls
and minorities.

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It's called Computer
Science For All.

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And it means just what it
says - giving every student

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in America an early start at
learning the skills they'll

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need to get ahead
in the new economy.

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First, I'm asking Congress
to provide funding over the

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next three years so that
our elementary, middle,

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and high schools can provide
opportunities to learn

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computer science
for all students.

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Second, starting this year,
we're leveraging existing

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resources at the National
Science Foundation and the

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Corporation for National and
Community Service to train

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more great teachers
for these courses.

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And third, I'll be pulling
together governors, mayors,

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business leaders, and tech
entrepreneurs to join the

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growing bipartisan movement
around this cause.

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Americans of all kinds
are getting involved,

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from students teaching eachother
to code, to teachers

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adding programming
to their classes.

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And just today, states
like Delaware and Hawaii,

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companies like Google
and SalesForce,

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and organizations like
Code.org have made

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commitments to help more of
our kids learn these skills.

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That's what this is all
about - each of us doing our

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part to make sure all our
young people can compete in

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a high-tech, global economy.

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They're the ones who will
make sure America keeps

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growing, keeps innovating,
and keeps leading the world

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in the years ahead.

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And they're the reason I've
never been more confident

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about our future.

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Thanks everybody, and
have a great weekend.