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December 1, 2005

Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings reacts to good news from a study of urban schools.

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Transcript: This urban data belies some of the myths that urban America, that urban schools, inner-city schools cannot effectively serve kids and that's just wrong.

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Transcript: As we've seen before, the best results are in the places that have been implementing high standards and accountability the longest.

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