Bill Clinton: “More than half the students in our Nation's city schools are failing…”

On the recordJanuary 7, 1998

More than half the students in our Nation's city schools are failing to master the basics in reading, math, and science

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Democratic · Arkansas

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Statement on National Education Standards

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