01/26/2009
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"ESEA reauthorization offers an important opportunity to improve outcomes for millions of students."
"Research shows that the middle grades are a critical time to influence whether students graduate from high school."
"Each year, 1.2 million students drop out of school; that's about 7,000 per day."
"I commend the outstanding work that you are doing on behalf of the American people and on this critical piece of domestic policy, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act."