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Bill Clinton: Raising standards will not be easy, and some of our children will not be able to meet them at first. The point is not to…

On the recordFebruary 4, 1997
Raising standards will not be easy, and some of our children will not be able to meet them at first. The point is not to put our children down but to lift them up.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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On education standards and student achievement

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