The new Administration's incoming Education Secretary, Rod Paige, sounds like a results-oriented, no-excuses-accepted individual.

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Education Secretary Rod Paige and Secretary of State Colin Powell.

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" And the former education secretaries Bill Bennett and Rod Paige pointed out in a recent article in The Washington Post that "most states have deployed mediocre standards, and there's increasing evidence that some are playing games with their tests and accountability systems.

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Last week, Education Secretary Rod Paige convened the first meeting of a presidential commission that will address the issue of special education by proposing that it become "an integral part of an education system that expects all children to reach their full potential, " Bush said.

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