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Bill Clinton: Higher standards, more accountability, greater investment, equal opportunity—it works.

On the recordJanuary 8, 2001
Higher standards, more accountability, greater investment, equal opportunity—it works.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks at James Ward Elementary School in Chicago, Illinois

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