To emphasize the vital role of education in society and to encourage its citizens to focus on moral education, the United States annually marks “Education and Sharing Day USA.”

Beginning with President Carter onward, this collective and individual responsibility to education is proclaimed each year on the date that corresponds to the 11th day of the Jewish month of Nissan (four days before Passover), anniversary of birth of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory. This is done in respect to the Rebbe’s tireless work spearheading this national focus on education, along with the towering personal example his life and teachings provide to direct and apply this educational emphasis.

Pursuantly, in 2018, 40th anniversary of Education Day, the president of the United States signed the traditional declaration of the Rebbe’s birth date (March 27, 2018), as Education and Sharing Day, as did the governors of all 50 states in the Union:


The White House (President Donald J. Trump)

Alabama (Gov. Kay Ivey)

Alaska (Gov. Bill Walker)

Arizona (Gov. Douglas Ducey)

Arkansas (Gov. Asa Hutchinson)

California (Gov. Jerry Brown)

Colorado (Gov. John W. Hickenlooper)

Connecticut (Gov. Dannel P. Malloy)

Delaware (Gov. John C. Carney)

Florida (Gov. Rick Scott)

Georgia (Gov. Nathan Deal)

Hawaii (Gov. David I. Ige)

Idaho (Gov. C.L. Otter)

Illinois (Gov. Bruce Rauner)

Indiana (Gov. Eric Holcomb)

Iowa (Gov. Kim Reynolds)

Kansas (Gov. Jeff Colyer)

Kentucky (Gov. Matthew G. Bevin)

Louisiana (Gov. John Bel Edwards)

Maine (Gov. Paul R. Lepage)

Maryland (Gov. Larry Hogan)

Massachusetts (Gov. Charles D. Baker)

Michigan (Gov. Rick Snyder)

Minnesota (Gov. Mark Dayton)

Mississippi (Gov. Phil Bryant)

Missouri (Gov. Eric R. Greitens)

Montana (Gov. Steve Bullock)

Nebraska (Gov. Pete Ricketts)

Nevada (Gov. Brian Sandoval)

New Hampshire (Gov. Christopher T. Sununu)

New Jersey (Gov. Philip D. Murphy)

New Mexico (Gov. Susana Martinez)


New York (Gov. Andrew Cuomo)

North Carolina (Gov. Roy Cooper)

North Dakota (Gov. Doug Burgum)

Ohio (Gov. John R. Kasich)

Oklahoma (Gov. Mary Fallin)

Oregon (Gov. Kate Brown)

Pennsylvania (Gov. Tom Wolf)

Rhode Island (Gov. Gina M. Raimondo)

South Carolina (Gov. Henry McMaster)

South Dakota (Gov. Dennis Daugaard)

Tennessee (Gov. Bill Haslam)

Texas (Gov. Greg Abbott)

Utah (Gov. Gary R. Herbert)

Vermont (Gov. Philip B. Scott)

Virginia (Gov. Ralph S. Northam)

Washington (Gov. Jay Inslee)

West Virginia (Gov. Jim Justice)

Wisconsin (Gov. Scott Walker)

Wyoming (Gov. Matthew H. Mead)