08/31/2009
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"Reauthorization gives us the opportunity to move beyond just identifying long-standing gaps in opportunity and achievement."
"standing still in education means losing ground in the 21st century economy."
"a world class education for our students is directly linked to a world class economy for our Nation."
"The harsh and sad reality is that, for the first time in our Nation's history, we're in danger of raising a generation of children who will live sicker and die younger than the generation before them."