11/12/2001
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"Every school will get the flexibility and help it needs to meet those standards."
"You represent the best of your generation, and I'm confident you'll do great things for our great Nation."
"What champs do is they set high standards, and they work hard, and they make the right choices to achieve those standards and goals."
"Excellence in education is a matter of standards and talent, and it is also a matter of character."