Rod Paige
U.S Secretary of Education
National Press Club Luncheon Speaker -- Sept. 24, 2003

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U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige

As Secretary of Education, Rod Paige has supported President Bush's No Child Left Behind plan -- especially the provision that holds schools and states responsible for the success of their students. He has encouraged funding to increase the quality and number of teachers and to provide reading education.

"We are facing an unrecognized educational crisis in this country," Paige said in his address to the Press Club. "Our wide and sometimes growing achievement gap confirms that there is a two-tiered educational system. We let these young children sit quietly in the back of class, while we celebrate because some of our students are succeeding."

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