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In Alaska, "An Extraordinary Opportunity to Build Real Excellence in Our Schools"
Following are excerpts from a recent column by Roger Sampson, the commissioner of Alaska's Department of Education and Early Development:
"While we have a big job ahead to successfully implement [No Child Left Behind], Alaska is ahead of the game because we began school reform in the early 1990s. A lot of what NCLB requires is already in place - a focus on academic achievement, student and teacher standards, student testing, and an emphasis on community and parent involvement. Now we need to instill within our schools and ourselves a constant vigilance for finding better ways to achieve increasingly better results."The complete text of Sampson's column can be found at: http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/062603/opi_myturn.shtml
"We have an extraordinary opportunity to build real excellence in our schools and finally fulfill the promise of a quality education for all children."
About Extra Credit
NCLB Extra Credit is a regular look at the No Child Left Behind Act, President Bush's landmark education reform initiative passed with bipartisan support in Congress.
If you would like the NCLB Extra Credit emailed to you, please send a request to Geoff Goodman at NoChildLeftBehindUpdate@ed.gov or call (202) 205-9191.
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