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June 16, 2005
Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings describes the impact of the No Child Left Behind education reforms at a Washington, D.C. conference on raising Hispanic student achievement.
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Transcript: We can already see a difference that accountability in our schools is making. When we expect high standards we get high standards and we must extend these principles to high schools. We must act on these reforms now. We cannot be satisfied with one in ten Hispanic Americans graduating from college and I know you agree with that.
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Transcript: No Child Left Behind also gives children in these schools new options to either transfer to another public school or to get what we call 'supplemental services'; after-school tutoring or summer school or additional help.
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Transcript: It's one thing to present information but we also have to present it in a way that it can be acted on, and I think that's what we're trying to do with the "tool kit".
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