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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