I was asked by Governor Bush. What an honor to be asked to serve under Jeb Bush. Everything Florida is doing is right. You've got strong accountability, and you're closing the achievement gap.
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But I'd seen what children could do in Virginia, ... and I had full confidence that Minnesota educators could add rigor here, too.
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As commissioner, Yecke was a big supporter of the No Child Left Behind law, which requires schools to test students every year and slaps penalties on schools where students don't meet test score goals. Right now, I don't see any resistance to No Child Left Behind, ... I see acceptance. Implementation is taking place. Perhaps educators had once seen it as threatening, but once everything was in place, they found they could rise to the challenge.
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We had a limited amount of time to make a big difference, ... That's why we hit the ground running.
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We would prefer that students in the earliest grades have the benefits of a smaller class taught by a qualified teacher, and we are striving to make this happen.
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This would change high school as we know it. It lets students have more choice. It lets them play to their strengths.
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