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November 5, 2004

Education Secretary Rod Paige recognizes this year's Blue Ribbon Schools.

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Transcript: You're here as representatives of No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon Schools. Your schools are the very best in the country. There are well over a hundred thousand public and private schools in the country, but of those schools less than three hundred of them are Blue Ribbon Schools.

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Transcript: We want every school in America to achieve what you achieved. By learning from your example and working together, we can make excellence a standard for all schools.

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Transcript: Educational excellence is not just a dream, not just a statement of pious sentimentality; it is an expectation for every student. You've seen it within the halls of your classrooms.

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