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Steve Pearce: Again, I want to talk in one sense if possible to say thanks to those people who work in our education establishment…

On the recordMarch 11, 2004
Again, I want to talk in one sense if possible to say thanks to those people who work in our education establishment, those who are out there on the front lines of the education war, especially those success stories like Roswell High School in New Mexico. That is one of the 12 break-through high schools in the Nation. I think that this kind of outcome is exactly what we had hoped for when No Child Left Behind was passed. If the administration in any school is dedicated to the changes that are allowed under No Child Left Behind, I believe that the program will be the success that each of our parents wants throughout the Nation.
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Steve Pearce
New Mexico

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Discussing the success of No Child Left Behind and highlighting Roswell High School.

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