Schools were graded, and Mr Klein unblinkingly closed those that were failing.

学校被划分等级，而Klein先生坚定地关闭了那些不成功的。

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When Mr Klein took the job in 2002, graduation rates were low and test scores abysmal.

当Klein先生在2002年接手工作时，毕业率低迷，考试分数糟糕透顶。

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Mr Klein said enquiries had flooded into his offices from varied cities including Berlin, Munich and Duesseldorf.

克莱因说他的办公室接收到了来自柏林、慕尼黑、杜塞尔多夫等多个城市的大量询问电话和信函。

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Some had tipped Tami Reller, head of finance at Microsoft's Windows division, to replace Mr Klein.

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Mr Klein's dispiriting announcement comes just weeks after Michelle Rhee stepped down as Washington, DC's chancellor.

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For those countries, some standards, however modest by Mr Klein's lights, would be better than none.

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