And what we do today will probably be not what we're going to do in three years from now.
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My top priority is raising student achievement, and I'm going to be as flexible as I possibly can to help all students, ... This is about children's futures and ensuring that New York City's parents have as many options as possible for their children. In exchange for more flexibility, New York City has committed to being accountable for making high-quality academic help available to more students, which will lead to increased achievement.Margaret Spellings
That's why the Department has pledged 14 million to gather the best practices among the states and to better assess and better measure these kids.
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This is a victory for children and parents all across the country. Chief Judge Friedman's decision validates our partnership with states to close the achievement gap, hold schools accountable and to ensure all students are reading and doing math at grade-level by 2014.
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And I think that we in America need to understand that many schools need improvement, and particularly with respect to how they're serving minority children.
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We want to obviously foster a relationship that we're a partner with states; that we all share the same goals of closing the achievement gap, just as the Congress does; and that we're practical and sophisticated enough to understand what they're talking about.
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We have some pioneers, some leaders around the country, in Massachusetts and Kansas to name a couple, that are doing some of the best work.
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