Accountability has been the driving force behind school improvement since the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) in early 2002 on a vote of 87-10 in the Senate and 381-41 in the House.

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As to character, there is no hint of unhappiness or rejection in the easeful Blair passage from private school to Oxford to barrister's chambers.

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There's nothing new about any of this -- the wild party is firmly entrenched in youths' rites of passage in the movies and in high school lore across the land.

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Because the standards of the Bac have been lowered over the generations so that politicians could meet their goal of high school graduation rates, the top schools in the country routinely have 100% Bac passage rates, and often even 100% honors Bac rates.

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Passage of the American Jobs Act will help hire more teachers, assistants, after school tutors, and guidance counselors the CEC says.

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He, his wife and younger sister first went to Ecuador, where they lived for two months before securing passage to Atlanta, where he works as a neurological researcher for the Emory University School of Medicine.

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An aide said Mr. Cuomo has been focused above all in recent months on the passage of a new state budget and tougher gun-control laws in the wake of the school shooting in Newtown, Conn.

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