Mr Duncan is, in fact, making early education one of his priorities, by including it in the next round of funding for Race to the Top, the big federal programme for schools.

事实上，邓肯先生把学前教育作为他的首要工作之一，包括把它加入到下一轮的给“力争上游”拨款的范围中。“力争上游”是针对学校的联邦大项目。

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If top scorers became the goal of education, unfair competition would increase among top universities and middle schools, according to Gu Haibing, a professor in Renmin University of China.

中国人民大学教授顾海兵：只盯着状元，还可能导致大学间的不正常竞争，进而也推动了中学间的不正常竞争。

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The first is only considering the top schools that they are familiar with and ignoring the dozens of other schools that could offer an excellent education.

首当其冲 的是，只考虑他们熟悉的那些顶尖名校，而对其他许多教育品质优越的学校不屑一顾。

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This, he says, demonstrates that his former boss is betting on the future success of online business-education programmes instead of the top-ranked schools.

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The top rated schools sell prestige along with their education and there are still enough Americans and foreigners who can afford to pay the full going rate and are not price sensitive.

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But top officials like state Education Commissioner John King and New York City Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott say students can't wait to master the harder exams if they want to compete in the global economy.

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